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This week a LIVE firing exercise was taking place at the Drawsko Pomorskie Range. Aim of the exercise was to get rid of obsolete H-25 and H-29 Air to Ground missiles. At Powidz 2 Su-22s were involved in this exercise shooting 6 H-25s and 2 H-29s. The latter is the biggest missile in the Polish Air Force! The H-29 was not used over 10 years by the Polish Air Force. It weights over 650kg and can penetrate 3meters of soil and 2meters of concreed.
Obviously you saw a flight at Swidwin with LIVE H-29s aswell. We were told at Powidz that these AGMs were not fired in the 10 years. This info came actually from 2 sources; Powidz and a former Su-22 pilot at Poznan.
Nice photo though!
Powidz is about to end it Fitter activities in the next couple of weeks. Aircraft to be transferred to Swidwin. On average about 3 Su-22s fly operational from Powidz.
A small correction, I was in Poland in August instead of July (6+7 at Swidwin, 9+10 at Powidz). We were told that there were only 2 flying weeks left. During our visit there were 16 Fitters present and we saw 3 Su-22's in flight (including a recce Fitter).
During our visit last week it was stated that the Fitters would move out of Powidz in the next couple of weeks. It is a pitty to hear that they already move this week........again one squadron of Fitters down after 39 and 6 ELT..Any idea how many Sukhoi's will be handed over to Swidwin? Must be less then 10.
During our visit we noted two Fitters at the flightline (single/dual), four were in the small maintenance hangar and four within the shelterarea (all stored (2x single/2x dual)
According to our guide some Fitters are stored inside the shelters. I don't have a clue how many will move to Swidwin.
Something went seriously wrong with LIVE firing the H-25/29 during the weekend. Just been informed by a former Su-22 pilot that during the weekend sorties to the Drawsko Pomorskie one missile escaped from the range and destroyed a civilian house. There is big fuzz about it in polish media at the moment.
