The 33rd Air Base ( pl, 33. Baza Lotnicza) is a

Polish Air Force The Polish Air Force ( pl, Siły Powietrzne, , Air Forces) is the aerial warfare branch of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially known as ''Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej'' (). In 2014 it consisted of roughly 16,425 mil ...

base, located near

Powidz Powidz (pronounced ) is a village in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Powidz. It lies approximately north of Słupca and east of the regional ...

. The base functions within the structure of the Polish Air Force and is part of the three wings of Powidz air transport command. It was officially constituted on 1 January 2000 as the 21st airbase, replacing the disbanded 7th Bomber-Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment, then redesignated to its current name on 1 January 2001. In 2010, the 2nd Airlift Squadron disbanded and its units were distributed among the newly-formed units of the 33rd Air Base. From the summer of 2019, the base will be the site of a depot and storage site for

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combat vehicles in Poland. It will be mostly funded by

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’s

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, and cost around US$210m, with the USA’s component capped at around 20-25%. The

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has made an industry solicitation in 2018 requesting tree-cutting services for around the base. Two US investments could be sacrificed to pay for President Trump’s border wall with Mexico: A bulk fuel storage facility at US$21m, and a “rail extension and railhead” project budgeted at US$14m.NATO foots bill for massive US combat depot in Poland
Sebastian Sprenger,

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, 2019-03-29

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