23rd Air Base

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23rd Air Base
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Near Mińsk Mazowiecki in Poland
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorPolish Air Force
Site history
In use1 January 2001-Present
Garrison information
Current
commander		Col. Maciej Trelka
Garrison1st Tactical Squadron
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: EPMM

The 23rd Air Base (Polish: 23 Baza Lotnicza) is a Polish Air Force base, located 6 km east of Mińsk Mazowiecki. It was officially constituted on 1 January 2001, replacing the disbanded 1st Aviation Regiment "Warszawa". The main unit based there is the 1st Air Tactical Squadron flying MiG-29 fighters.

On 18 December 2017, one of the MiG-29's stationed here crash landed in a forest near Kałuszyn while performing a landing approach.[1] The pilot survived. Reports afterward were contradictory whether he ejected or not.[citation needed] On 21 December 2017, the MoD confirmed that the pilot did not eject.[2] This was the first crash of a MiG-29 during its nearly 3 decades long operational history in the Polish Air Force.[3] The second crash followed on 4 March 2019. This time the pilot ejected and survived.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Polish Air Force MiG-29 Crashes in Minsk Mazowiecki. It's The First Ever Crash Of A Polish Fulcrum" The Aviationist, 19 December 2017
  2. ^ "Wiceszef MON o katastrofie myśliwca: pilot MiG-29 nie katapultował się", 21 December 2017. TVN 24
  3. ^ "Polish MiG-29 jet fighter crashes" Archived 22 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Jane's Information Group, 19 December 2017.
  4. ^ ""Zobaczyłam, jak spada samolot". Straż: to maszyna wojskowa" TVN 24, 4 March 2019

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Coordinates: 52°11′44″N 21°39′25″E / 52.19556°N 21.65694°E / 52.19556; 21.65694


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