The 3rd Tactical Squadron (known as 3.ELT - 3 Eskadra Lotnictwa Taktycznego in Poland) was a fighter squadron of the

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established in 2001 in

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. The squadron was stationed in the 31st Air Base and has acquired F-16 C/D Block 52+ Adv. fighters. From 1954 to 2001 the unit was known as "3. Pułk Lotnictwa Myśliwskiego". In 2008 the unit was fused with the 6th Tactical Squadron and the 31st Air Base. Those three units were transformed into 31st Tactical Air Base unit.

Equipment

Current

*Fighters: **F-16 C +52 Multirole fighters **F-16 D +52 Multirole fighters *Utility: **Antonov An-2

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**Mil Mi-2

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Retired

*Fighters: **

MiG-15 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (russian: Микоя́н и Гуре́вич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one o ...

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s (1954–1958) **

MiG-17 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17; NATO reporting name: Fresco) is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the Soviet Union from 1952 and was operated by air forces internationally. The MiG-17 ...

s (1958–1981) **

MiG-19 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19; NATO reporting name: Farmer) is a Soviet second generation, single-seat, twinjet fighter aircraft, the world's first mass-produced supersonic aircraft. It was ...

s (1959–1963) **

MiG-21 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nickn ...

s (1963–2003)

Squadron Commanders

* mjr.

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Wojciech Krupa (January 1, 2001 - October 28, 2002) * mjr. pilot Rościsław Stepaniuk (October 28, 2002 - February 9, 2004) * col. pilot Zbigniew Zawada (February 9, 2004 - October 13, 2004) * mjr. pilot Adam Bondaruk (October 13, 2004 - February 25, 2005) * col. navigator mgr Mariusz Glazer (February 25, 2005 - April 7, 2005) * mjr. pilot mgr Krzysztof Siarkiewicz (April 7, 2005 - October 24, 2005) * col. pilot Waldemar Gołębiowski ( current commander from October 24, 2005) Squadrons of the Polish Air Force {{PolishAirForce-stub