List of retired aircraft types used by Polish Air Force
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | # of aircraft | Notes |
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Antonov An-12[1] | USSR | transport | An-12B | 1966–1995 | 2 | one crashed in 1977 |
Antonov An-24[1] | USSR | transport | An-24W | 1966–1977 | 6 | one crashed in 1973 |
Antonov An-26[1] | USSR | transport | An-26 | 1972–2009 | 12 | |
Bell 412[1] | USA/Canada | VIP helicopter | 412SP/HP 412HP |
1991 1993–2011 |
2 1 |
Leased for 1991 Papal visit. Transferred to Police.[2] |
Douglas Dakota | USA | transport | 1945– | 11 | ||
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 | Germany | liaison | 1944–1954 | 1 | captured | |
Fieseler Fi 156 | Germany | liaison/medevac | 1945– | 5 | ||
Ilyushin Il-2 | USSR | attack | Il-2M/M3/UIl-2 | 1944–1949 | 200+ | |
Ilyushin Il-10 | USSR Czechoslovakia |
attack | Il-10 UIl-10 B-33 |
1949–1959 1954–1961 |
96 24 281 |
|
Ilyushin Il-12 | USSR | transport | Il-12D | 1957–1967 | 3 | |
Ilyushin Il-14 | USSR | transport | Il-14P/T/S | 1955–1990 | 17 | |
Ilyushin Il-18 | USSR | transport | Il-18W | 1961–1987 | 5 | |
Ilyushin Il-28 | USSR | bomber/ reconnaissance |
Il-28 Il-28U Il-28R |
1952–1979 | 72 16 15 |
|
Lisunov Li-2 | USSR | transport | 1945–1968 | 19 | ||
LWD Junak | Poland | trainer | Junak 2 Junak 3 |
1952–1955 1954–1961 |
71 93 |
To civilian flying clubs. |
Messerschmitt Bf 108 | Germany | liaison | 1944– | few | captured | |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 | USSR Czechoslovakia |
fighter fighter trainer |
MiG-15 MiG-15bis S-102 MiG-15UTI CS-102 |
1951– 1953– 1953– 1951– 1955– |
60 36 60 19 96 |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 | USSR | interceptor | MiG-17PF | 1955–1965 | 12 | |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19[1] | USSR | fighter interceptor |
MiG-19P MiG-19PM |
1957–1974 | 24 11 |
|
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 [1] | USSR | 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 |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 [1] | USSR | fighter trainer | MiG-21U MiG-21US MiG-21UM |
1965-1990 1969-1992 1971-2003 |
11 12 54 |
|
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 [1] | USSR | fighter fighter trainer |
MiG-23MF MiG-23UB |
1979–1999 | 36 6 |
|
Mil Mi-4[3] | USSR | utility helicopter | Mi-4A | 1958–1981 | 17 | |
Mil Mi-6[1] | USSR | heavy lift helicopter | Mi-6A | 1986–1990 | 3 | |
Petlyakov Pe-2 | USSR | bomber | Pe-2FT | 1944–1954 | 101 | |
Polikarpov Po-2 | USSR Poland |
liaison/utility/ training |
Po-2 CSS-13 |
1944– 1949–1978 |
200+ 560 |
|
Polikarpov UTI-4 (I-16 variant) | USSR | trainer | [dubious ] | |||
PZL-104 Wilga | Poland | liaison/utility/ reconnaissance |
Wilga 35A | 1973–1993 | 27 | To civilian flying clubs. |
PZL.23 Karaś[4] | Poland | attack | PZL.23A PZL.23B |
1936-1939 | 40 210 |
Captured or destroyed during fall of Poland |
PZL I-22 Iryda[1] | Poland | jet trainer | M93K | 1992–1996 | 8 | |
PZL P.7[5] | Poland | fighter/fighter trainer | P.7a | 1932-1939 | 149 | Captured or destroyed during fall of Poland |
PZL P.11[6] | Poland | fighter | P-11a P-11c |
1934-1939 | 50 150 |
Captured or destroyed during fall of Poland |
PZL TS-8 Bies | Poland | trainer | BI/BII/BIII | 1957–1970 | 250 | To civilian flying clubs. |
PZL TS-11 Iskra | Poland | Jet trainer | 1964-2021 | 424 | ||
PZL-Mielec An-2 | USSR Poland |
utility transport | An-2T/TD/W | 1956–2012 | 138 | Some transferred to civil aviation.[7] |
PZL-Mielec Lim-1/2 (MiG-15/bis)[3] | Poland | fighter | Lim-1 Lim-2 |
1952–1980 1954–1996 |
227 496 |
some converted to two-seat SBLim-1/2 |
PZL-Mielec Lim-5/6 (MiG-17) [3] | Poland | fighter interceptor attack attack |
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. |
PZL SM-1 (Mi-1)[3] | USSR Poland |
light utility/ training helicopter |
1957–1983 | ~30 | ||
PZL SM-2[3] | Poland | light utility helicopter | 1960–1979 | ~50 | ||
Shcherbakov Shche-2 | USSR | transport | 1945–1947 | 5 | ||
SNCAC NC-701 | France | transport/ aerial photography |
NC-701 | 1949–1955 | 6 | former LOT Polish Airlines |
Sukhoi Su-7 [1] | USSR | attack | Su-7BM Su-7BKŁ Su-7U |
1964–1990 1966-1990 1969-1990 |
6 31 8 |
|
Sukhoi Su-20[1] | USSR | attack reconnaissance |
Su-20 Su-20R |
1974–1997 1975–1997 |
19 8 |
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Tupolev SB | USSR | trainer | USB-2M-103 | |||
Tupolev Tu-2 | USSR | bomber/target tug | Tu-2S/UTu-2 | 1945–1960 | 8 | |
Tupolev Tu-134 | USSR | VIP transport | Tu-134A | 1974–1992 | 4 | |
Tupolev Tu-154[1] | USSR | VIP transport | Tu-154M | 1990–2011 | 2 | one crashed in 2010 |
Yakovlev UT-2 | USSR | trainer | 1944–1952 | 140 | ||
Yakovlev Yak-1[3] | USSR | fighter | Yak-1B | 1943–1946 | 70 | |
Yakovlev Yak-3 [3] | USSR | fighter | 1944–1945 | 25 | ||
Yakovlev Yak-9 [3] | USSR | 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 |
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Yakovlev Yak-11 | USSR Czechoslovakia |
trainer | Yak-11 C-11 |
1954–1962 | 101 37 |
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Yakovlev Yak-12 | USSR Poland |
liaison/utility/ training |
Yak-12R/M/A | 1951– | 100+ | To civilian flying clubs. |
Yakovlev Yak-17 [3] | USSR | fighter fighter trainer |
Yak-17 Yak-17UTI |
1950–1955 | 3 11 |
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Yakovlev Yak-18 | USSR | trainer | Yak-18 | 1949–1960 | 15+ | To civilian flying clubs. |
Yakovlev Yak-23 [3] | USSR | fighter | Yak-23 | 1950–1956 | 103 | |
Yakovlev Yak-40[1] | USSR | VIP transport | 1973–2011 | 18 |
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