Retired aircraft of the Polish Air Force

List of retired aircraft types used by Polish Air Force

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	# of aircraft	Notes
Yakovlev Yak-1 [1]	Soviet Union	fighter	Yak-1B	1943–1946	70
Yakovlev Yak-3 [1]	Soviet Union	fighter		1944–1945	25
Yakovlev Yak-9 [1]	Soviet Union	fighter	Yak-9 Yak-9M Yak-9T Yak-9W Yak-9U Yak-9P	1944 1944–1951 1944–1951 1945–1953 1945–1947 1947–1953	1 72 24 58 19 123
Ilyushin Il-2	Soviet Union	attack aircraft	Il-2M/M3/UIl-2	1944–1949	200+
Ilyushin Il-10	Soviet Union  Czechoslovakia	attack aircraft	Il-10 UIl-10 B-33	1949–1959 1954–1961	96 24 281
Yakovlev Yak-17 [1]	Soviet Union	fighter fighter trainer	Yak-17 Yak-17UTI	1950–1955	3 11
Yakovlev Yak-23 [1]	Soviet Union	fighter	Yak-23	1950–1956	103
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15	Soviet Union  Czechoslovakia	fighter fighter trainer	MiG-15 MiG-15bis S-102 MiG-15UTI CS-102	1951– 1953– 1953– 1951– 1955–	60 36 60 19 96
PZL-Mielec Lim-1/2 (MiG-15/bis)[1]	Poland	fighter	Lim-1 Lim-2	1952–1980 1954–1996	227 496	some converted to twin-seat SBLim-1/2
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17	Soviet Union	interceptor	MiG-17PF	1955–1965	12
PZL-Mielec Lim-5/6 (MiG-17) [1]	Poland	fighter interceptor attack aircraft attack aircraft	Lim-5 Lim-5P Lim-5M Lim-6bis	1956–1996 1959–1984 1960–1966 1965–1992	308 82 60 42	over 100 Lim-5 converted to Lim-6bis and retired in 80s, 42 Lim-5P converted to Lim-6M, 12 Lim-5P to Lim-6MR, 70 bis converted to reconnaissance Lim-6R.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 [2]	Soviet Union	fighter interceptor	MiG-19P MiG-19PM	1957–1974	24 11
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 [2]	Soviet Union	fighter	MiG-21F-13 MiG-21PF MiG-21PFM MiG-21R MiG-21M MiG-21MF MiG-21MF-75 MiG-21bis Total	1963–1971 1964–1989 1966–1995 1968–2002 1969–2002 1972–2003 1975–1999 1980–2003 1963–2003	25 84 132 36 36 100 20 72 505
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 [2]	Soviet Union	fighter trainer	MiG-21U MiG-21US MiG-21UM	1965-1990 1969-1992 1971-2003	11 12 54
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 [2]	Soviet Union	fighter fighter trainer	MiG-23MF MiG-23UB	1979–1999	36 6
Sukhoi Su-7 [2]	Soviet Union	attack aircraft	Su-7BM Su-7BKŁ Su-7U	1964–1990 1966-1990 1969-1990	6 31 8
Sukhoi Su-20[2]	Soviet Union	attack aircraft/ reconnaissance	Su-20 Su-20R	1974–1997 1975–1997	19 8
Petlyakov Pe-2	Soviet Union	bomber	Pe-2FT	1944–1954	101
Tupolev Tu-2	Soviet Union	bomber/target tug	Tu-2S/UTu-2	1945–1960	8
Ilyushin Il-28	Soviet Union	bomber/ reconnaissance	Il-28 Il-28U Il-28R	1952–1986	72 16 15
Shcherbakov Shche-2	Soviet Union	transport		1945–1947	5
Lisunov Li-2	Soviet Union	transport/VIP transport		1945–1968	19
Douglas C-47 Skytrain	United States	transport		1945–	11
SNCAC NC-701	France	transport/ aerial photography		1949–1955	6	former LOT Polish Airlines
PZL-Mielec An-2	Soviet Union  Poland	utility transport	An-2T/TD/W	1956–2012	138	Retired after 56 years on December 14, 2012, some transferred to civil aviation.[3]
Ilyushin Il-12	Soviet Union	transport	Il-12D	1957–1967	3
Ilyushin Il-14	Soviet Union	transport/VIP transport	Il-14P/T/S	1955–1990	17
Ilyushin Il-18	Soviet Union	transport	Il-18W	1961–1987	5
Antonov An-12[2]	Soviet Union	transport	An-12B	1966–1995	2	one crashed in 1977
Antonov An-24[2]	Soviet Union	transport	An-24W	1966–1977	6
Antonov An-26[2]	Soviet Union	transport	An-26	1972–2009	12
Yakovlev Yak-40[2]	Soviet Union	VIP transport		1973–2011	18
Tupolev Tu-134	Soviet Union	VIP transport	Tu-134A	1974–1992	4
Tupolev Tu-154[2]	Soviet Union	VIP transport	Tu-154M	1990–2011	2	one crashed in 2010
Polikarpov Po-2	Soviet Union  Poland	liaison/utility/ training	Po-2 CSS-13	1944– 1949–	200+ 500+
Messerschmitt Bf 108	Nazi Germany	liaison		1944–	few	captured
Focke-Wulf Fw 58	Nazi Germany	liaison		1944–1954	1	captured
Fieseler Fi 156	Nazi Germany	liaison/medevac		1945–	5
Yakovlev Yak-12	Soviet Union  Poland	liaison/utility/ training	Yak-12R/M/A	1951–	100+	Passed on civilian flying clubs.
PZL-104 Wilga	Poland	liaison/utility/ reconnaissance	Wilga 35A	1973–1993	27	Passed on civilian flying clubs.
Yakovlev UT-2	Soviet Union	trainer		1944–1952	140
Polikarpov UTI-4	Soviet Union	trainer
Tupolev USB	Soviet Union	training bomber	USB-2M-103
Yakovlev Yak-18	Soviet Union	trainer	Yak-18	1949–1960	15+	Passed on civilian flying clubs.
LWD Junak	Poland	trainer	Junak 2 Junak 3	1952–1955 1954–1961	71 93	Passed on civilian flying clubs.
Yakovlev Yak-11	Soviet Union  Czechoslovakia	trainer	Yak-11 C-11	1954–1962	101 37
PZL TS-8 Bies	Poland	trainer	BI/BII/BIII	1957–1970	250	Passed on civilian flying clubs.
PZL I-22 Iryda[2]	Poland	jet trainer	M93K	1992–1996	8
PZL SM-1 (Mi-1)[1]	Soviet Union  Poland	light liaison/utility/ training helicopter		1957–1983	~30
Mil Mi-4[1]	Soviet Union	utility helicopter	Mi-4A	1958–1981	17
PZL SM-2[1]	Poland	light transport/liaison/ utility helicopter	SM-2	1960–1979	~50
Mil Mi-6[2]	Soviet Union	heavy lift helicopter	Mi-6A	1986–1990	3
Bell 412[2]	United States	VIP helicopter	412SP/HP 412HP	1991 1993–2011	2 1	Originally 2 Bell 412SP/HP were leased during Pope John Paul II visit to Poland in 1991, in 1993 single Bell 412HP joined Air Force, in 2011 transferred to the Ministry of Interior (Police).[4]

References

1. (Polish)
2. (Polish)
3. Bartosz Glowacki (20 December 2012). "Picture: Polish air force retires last An-2 transport". Flightglobal. Reed Business Information Limited. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
4. Bell 412 opuścił Okęcie. (Polish)

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