Bialo-Czerwone Iskry ("White-and-Red Sparks") was an

aerobatic Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. The term is a portmanteau of "aeroplane" and "acrobatics". Aerobatics are performed in aeroplanes and gl ...

demonstration team of the

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. Originally formed in 1969 at the 60 Training Wing in

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under the name Rombik, the team flew four TS-11 Iskras. The team grew to nine pilots between 1993 and 1998 and was rebased to the 1 Air Training Centre in

Dęblin Dęblin is a town at the Confluence (geography), confluence of Vistula and Wieprz rivers, in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. Dęblin is the part of the agglomeration with adjacent towns of Ryki and Puławy, which together have over 100,000 inhabitan ...

. The team was the last user of the TS-11 Iskra, and flew their final display in August 2021 before disbanding.

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*http://www.bialoczerwoneiskry.eu/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20050408062923/http://www.czasopismawlop.mil.pl/zespoly/iskryeng.htm *https://www.europeanairshows.co.uk/news/white-and-red-sparks-final-display Military units and formations established in 1969 Military units and formations of the Polish Air Force Aerobatic teams {{PolishAirForce-stub

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