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

Polish Air Force

The Polish Air Force is the military Air Force wing of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially known as Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej...

 established in 2001 in Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. The squadron was stationed in the 31st Air Base

31st Air Base

The 31st Air Base is a Polish Air Force base, located in Krzesiny, part of the Nowe Miasto district of Poznań. It is the first base to host the recently acquired F-16 fighters....

 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

31st Air Base

The 31st Air Base is a Polish Air Force base, located in Krzesiny, part of the Nowe Miasto district of Poznań. It is the first base to host the recently acquired F-16 fighters....

. Those three units were transformed into 31st Tactical Air Base

31st Tactical Air Base

The 31st Tactical Air Base is the biggest military unit of Polish Air Force. Unit was created in 2008 as a result of fusion of three previous units: 31st Air Base, 3rd Tactical Squadron and 6th Tactical Squadron. Unit operates two squadrons of F-16 C/D fighters and two Mi-2 utility helicopters...

 unit.

Current

• Fighters:
  • F-16 C +52 Multirole fighters
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  • F-16 D +52 Multirole fighters
    Fighter aircraft
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• Utility:
  • Antonov An-2 Utility aircraft
    Utility aircraft
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  • Mil Mi-2 Utility helicopter
    Utility helicopter
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Retired

• Fighters:
  • MiG-15 Jet fighter
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    s (1954–1958)
  • MiG-17 Jet fighter
    Fighter aircraft
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    s (1958–1981)
  • MiG-19 Jet fighter
    Fighter aircraft
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    s (1959–1963)
  • MiG-21 Jet fighter
    Fighter aircraft
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    s (1963–2003)

Squadron Commanders

• mjr.
  Major
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   pil. Wojciech Krupa (January 1, 2001 - October 28, 2002)
• mjr.
  Major
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    pil.  Rościsław Stepaniuk (October 28, 2002 - February 9, 2004)
• col.
  Colonel
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   pil.  Zbigniew Zawada (February 9, 2004 - October 13, 2004)
• mjr.
  Major
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    pil.  Adam Bondaruk (October 13, 2004 - February 25, 2005)
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  Colonel
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   nawig. mgr Mariusz Glazer (February 25, 2005 - April 7, 2005)
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  Major
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    pil.  mgr Krzysztof Siarkiewicz (April 7, 2005 - October 24, 2005)
• col.
  Colonel
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   pil. Waldemar Gołębiowski ( current commander from October 24, 2005)