Polish Air Force

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air force military branch

The Polish Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Poland’s armed forces, historically noted for its resistance during World War II and its later integration into NATO air operations.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Polish Air Force canonical 79
Polish Air Forces in exile 4
Polish People’s Army Air Force 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
abbreviation PLAF ⓘ
SP ⓘ
aircraft Lockheed C-130 Hercules ⓘ
surface form: C-130 Hercules

CASA C-295 ⓘ
F-16 Fighting Falcon ⓘ
M-346 Master ⓘ
Mi-8 ⓘ
surface form: Mi-17

Mi-24 ⓘ
Mi-8 ⓘ
MiG-29 ⓘ
PZL-130 Orlik ⓘ
Su-22 ⓘ
W-3 Sokół ⓘ
aircraftType fighter aircraft ⓘ
helicopters ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
alliance NATO ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
branchColor blue ⓘ
commanderTitle General Commander of the Branches of the Armed Forces ⓘ
conflict Battle of Britain ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
Invasion of Poland ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
established 1918 ⓘ
formerName Polish Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wojska Lotnicze
garrison Warsaw ⓘ
headquarters Warsaw ⓘ
mission participation in NATO air policing missions ⓘ
protection of Polish airspace ⓘ
modernizationProgram transition to NATO-standard equipment ⓘ
nativeName Polish Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Siły Powietrzne
notableUnit No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron ⓘ
No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron ⓘ
partOf Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
role aerial warfare ⓘ
air defense ⓘ
airspace control ⓘ
support of land forces ⓘ
support of naval forces ⓘ
roundel Polish Air Force checkerboard ⓘ
standard NATO interoperability ⓘ
symbol red-and-white checkerboard ⓘ

Referenced by (96)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Invasion of Poland → defender → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Polish Air Force → nativeName → Polish Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siły Powietrzne
Polish Air Force → formerName → Polish Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wojska Lotnicze
Polish People’s Army → militaryBranch → Polish Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People’s Army Air Force
Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland → hasBranch → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Ministry of National Defence of Poland → oversees → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Merian C. Cooper → militaryBranch → Polish Air Force ⓘ
PLAF → refersTo → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Polish Air Force checkerboard → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Polish Air Force checkerboard → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish Air Forces in exile
Polish Air Force checkerboard → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: postwar Polish Air Force
PZL-130 Orlik → primaryUser → Polish Air Force ⓘ
PZL-130 Orlik → operator → Polish Air Force ⓘ
M-346 Master → operator → Polish Air Force ⓘ
W-3 Sokół → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
MiG-29 → operator → Polish Air Force ⓘ
General Commander of the Branches of the Armed Forces → supervises → Polish Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Force of Poland
Mi-24 → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Mil Mi-24
CASA C-295 → operator → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Polish Armed Forces in the West → hasPart → Polish Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain
Mi-8 → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Su-22 → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II → operator → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Baltic Air Policing → participant → Polish Air Force ⓘ
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
General Inspector of the Armed Forces of Poland → hasJurisdictionOver → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Marshal of Poland → usedInBranch → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Breguet 19 → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Tupolev Tu-2 bomber → operator → Polish Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-2
Tupolev Tu-4 bomber → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-4
Slovak Air Force (WWII) → primaryOpponent → Polish Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish Air Force (1939)
M-346 trainer aircraft → operator → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 → primaryUsers → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Potez 25 → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Sukhoi Su-7 → operator → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Ilyushin Il-2 → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Yakovlev Yak-3 → operator → Polish Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish Air Force (People's Republic of Poland)
MON → oversees → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Sopwith Snipe → operator → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Airco DH.9 → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
F-35 Lightning II → operator → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Merian → militaryBranch → Polish Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Merian C. Cooper
Kosciuszko Squadron → partOf → Polish Air Force ⓘ
PZL P.11 → primaryUser → Polish Air Force ⓘ
PZL P.11 → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
PZL P.11 → enteredServiceWith → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Il-28 bomber → primaryUsers → Polish Air Force ⓘ
Wellington bomber → usedBy → Polish Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Vickers Wellington
this entity surface form: Polish Air Forces in exile