War Paths

15/11/2025

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Kochał lotnictwo miłością największą.
Pokazywał nam na fotografiach lotnictwo polskie od lat 60-tych do teraz. Po stracie Syna publikował mniej, ale my zawsze o Nim pamiętaliśmy za to, co zrobił dla polskich skrzydeł.
W wieku 84 lat, w dniu 10 listopada 2025 roku do Niebieskiej Eskadry odszedł Pan Wacław Hołyś.
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Blue Sky Panie Wacławie.

04/11/2025

Sukhoi Su-22M4 (NATO: Fitter-K)

Role: bomber, attack

Production (Su-22M4 variant):
- over 347 examples 1983-1990 by Komsomol'skiy-na-Amure Aviatsionnyy Zavod (former Zavod No. 126) in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, USSR (now Russia 🇷🇺)

Notes: Export variant of Su-17M4. Aircraft in the photograph previously served in the Polish Air Force (Siły Powietrzne RP), it is on display at the technical school in Sosnowiec, Poland. Taken on 30 July 2025.

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28/10/2025

PZL Lim-6bis

Role: attack

Production (Lim-6bis variant):
- 40 examples converted out of Lim-6 1963-1964 by WSK-1 (now PZL Mielec) in Mielec, Poland 🇵🇱
- 49 examples converted out of Lim-5M 1964-1965 by LZR-4 (later WZL-4) in Warszawa, Poland 🇵🇱
- 2 examples converted out of prototypes CM 10-30 and CM 16-01 (both ex Lim-5) in 1965 by LZR-4 (later WZL-4) in Warszawa, Poland 🇵🇱

Notes: Aircraft (its remains) in the photograph was produced as a Lim-5M and converted to a Lim-6bis, it served in the Polish Air Force (Wojska Lotnicze PRL). On 4 August 1976, the aircraft was destroyed near village of Krucz when it collided mid-air with a Soviet Mi-8 from the Northern Group of Forces, which had no flight plan filed. The pilot, Lt. Mieczysław Siuda, as well as the crew and passengers (up to 8 people) of the helicopter did not survive. The remains of the Lim-6bis and Mi-8 are on display at the Piła Military Museum in Piła, Poland. Taken on 16 September 2023.

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27/10/2025

Antonov An-2P (NATO: C**t)

Role: transport

Production (all variants):
- 4 prototypes 1947-1948 by Zavod No. 153 in Novosibirsk, USSR (now Russia 🇷🇺)
- 3164 examples 1949-1963 by Zavod No. 473 in Kyiv, USSR (now Ukraine 🇺🇦)
- 506 examples 1965-1971 by Zavod No. 464 in Dolgoprudny, USSR (now Russia 🇷🇺)
- 11915 examples 1960-1991 and 2002 by WSK-1 (later PZL Mielec) in Mielec, Poland 🇵🇱

Notes: Aircraft in the photograph produced by PZL Mielec is privately owned, here at the Piła Airfield in Poland. Taken on 16 September 2023.

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reg. SP-ALX, ex SP-TWL

24/10/2025

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23UB (NATO: Flogger-C)

Role: trainer

Production (MiG-23UB variant):
- ca 1008 examples 1971-1985 by Irkutskiy Aviatsionnyy Zavod in Irkutsk, USSR (now Russia 🇷🇺)

Notes: Aircraft in the photograph served in the Polish Air Force (Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej), currently on display at the Piła Airfield in Piła, Poland. Taken on 16 September 2023.

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23/10/2025

Yakovlev Yak-12M (NATO: Creek-C)

Role: utility

Production (Yak-12M variant):
- 1286 examples 1955-1958 by Zavod No. 272 in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), USSR (now Russia 🇷🇺)
- 1054 examples 1956-1960 by WSK-4 (later PZL Warszawa-Okęcie) in Warszawa, Poland 🇵🇱

Notes: Aircraft in the photograph produced by WSK-4 served in the Polish Air Force (Wojska Lotnicze PRL) and currently is privately owned. Here at the Rakowice-Czyżyny Airfield in Kraków, Poland. Taken on 28 August 2022.

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reg. SP-AWD

22/10/2025

PZL TS-11 Iskra bis B

Role: trainer

Production (bis B variant):
- 134 examples (including unfinished 1H 06-01 and 1H 08-24 used for research) 1969-1974 by WSK-1 (now PZL Mielec) in Mielec, Poland 🇵🇱
- 57 examples converted from bis A variant

Notes: Aircraft in the photograph is on display at Śmiłowo Airfield in Śmiłowo, Poland. It previously served in the Polish Air Force (Wojska Lotnicze PRL). Taken on 9 May 2022.

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