Английская Википедия:23rd Air Base
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The 23rd Air Base (Шаблон:Lang-pl) is a Polish Air Force base, located 6 km east of Mińsk Mazowiecki. It was officially constituted on 1 January 2001, replacing the disbanded 1st Aviation Regiment "Warszawa". The main unit based there is the 1st Air Tactical Squadron flying MiG-29 fighters.
On 18 December 2017, one of the MiG-29's stationed here crash landed in a forest near Kałuszyn while performing a landing approach.[1] The pilot survived. Reports afterward were contradictory whether he ejected or not.Шаблон:Citation needed On 21 December 2017, the MoD confirmed that the pilot did not eject.[2] This was the first crash of a MiG-29 during its nearly 3 decades long operational history in the Polish Air Force.[3] The second crash followed on 4 March 2019. This time the pilot ejected and survived.[4]
References
- ↑ "Polish Air Force MiG-29 Crashes in Minsk Mazowiecki. It's The First Ever Crash Of A Polish Fulcrum" The Aviationist, 19 December 2017
- ↑ "Wiceszef MON o katastrofie myśliwca: pilot MiG-29 nie katapultował się", 21 December 2017. TVN 24
- ↑ "Polish MiG-29 jet fighter crashes" Шаблон:Webarchive. Jane's Information Group, 19 December 2017.
- ↑ ""Zobaczyłam, jak spada samolot". Straż: to maszyna wojskowa" TVN 24, 4 March 2019
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