6th Eskadra Lotnictwa Tactycznego ( PolAF)

The squadron was the third and last within the Polish Air Force to receive the Fighting Falcon. In 2008 the unit started to receive the first airframes . The squadron was flying the Su-22M4 ground attack aircraft. With the arrival of the F-16 the unit kept the same role, being that of an air to ground squadron. Operations with the F-16 only started on a higher level from 2009 onwards with the last airframes coming off the Fort Worth production line. Therefore history is still very limited.

Although the build up of the F-16 was very smooth and the aircraft is by far the most modern in the Polis inventory, the F-16 was never operationally deployed till today. The international name for the F-16 is Fighting Falcon, but Poland is one of those countries who has dedicated a local name to it. It is known as 'Jastrząb'.

PolAF F-16C block 52 #4058 from 6 elt is coming in for landing at Leeuwarden AB during the Frisian Flag excersice on April 14th, 2010. [Photo by John de Winter]

• 1944: Activation of the squadron in Biełyj Kołodiec [USSR]
• 1944: Il-2M3
• 1944: Il-2M3 (European theatre)
• 1947: Il-2M3 (Wrocław-Strachowice field)
• 1950: Il-10
• 1952: Il-10 (Piła AB)
• 1955: Lim-1 (Mig-15)
• 1955: Lim-2 (Mig-15bis)
• 1960: Lim-5M (Mig-17)
• 1967: Lim-6 (Mig-17)
• 1972: Lim-6bis (Mig-17)
• 1984: Su-22M4
• 1998: Disbanded
• 2001: Activation of the squadron in Powidz
• 2001: Su-22M4 (part of 33 BLT)
• 2008: F-16C/D 'Fighting Falcon' (part of 31 BLT, Krzesiny AB)

• All 6 ELT F-16s in our F-16 Aircraft Database (past and current aircraft)
• Current 6 ELT F-16s in our F-16 Aircraft Database