Poland Tactical Air Force 83


	Polish Air Force’s Tactical Air Units 4th Air Corps in January 1, 1983


	Poland was in a difficult economic situation in the late seventies and early eighties. The planned developments were cancelled. They refused to take several Su-20 ‘Fitter-C’ fighter bombers. They didn't purchased the high-speed MiG-25RB ‘Foxbat’ reconnaissance aircraft. Neither the fighter nor the fighter-bomber forces received new technique.




		Polish Tactical Air Force's 2nd Fighter Air Regiment's pilots at Goleniow front of theirs MiG-21PFM ‘Fishbed-F’

They ordered the Su-22M4K ‘Fitter-K’ fighter-bomber type in the early eighties. The troops had been prepared to receive the new type. The two attack - reconnaissance aircraft division was reorganized. From 1982 the second and third aviation division became fighter-bomber formation. But they still used the old Lim-6bis, Lim-6bisR, Lim-5R, Lim-5M (MiG-17 ‘Fresco’) close air support aircraft along with the Su-7BM and Su-7BKL ‘Fitter-A’ nuclear bombers.




		Polish Tactical Air Force's 45th Fighter Bomber Air Regiment's camouflage Lim-6bis at Babimost in 1985. Photo: Wacław Hołyś




		Polish Tactical Air Force's 3rd Fighter Bomber Air Regiment's Su-7BKL ‘Fitter-A’ flying

Polish Tactical Air Force’s Su-7 Fitter-As in color


		The reconnaissance and transport aviation technical remained unchanged. The reconnaissance regiments were placed directly under the corps headquarters in 1982. The reconnaissance containers carried by the MiG-21R ‘Fishbed-H’ and the Su-20R ‘Fitter-C’ aircrafts were still considered modern.


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