The 23rd Air Base ( pl, 23 Baza Lotnicza) is a Polish Air Force base, located 6 km east of

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. 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

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fighters. On 18 December 2017, one of the MiG-29's stationed here crash landed in a forest near

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while performing a landing approach. The pilot survived. Reports afterward were contradictory whether he ejected or not. On 21 December 2017, the

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confirmed that the pilot did not eject. This was the first crash of a MiG-29 during its nearly 3 decades long operational history in the Polish Air Force. The second crash followed on 4 March 2019. This time the pilot ejected and survived.""Zobaczyłam, jak spada samolot". Straż: to maszyna wojskowa"
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'', 4 March 2019

References

External links

Official webpage
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