Poland’s president, Bronislaw Komorowski, visited the Lask Air Force Base, Saturday, where sixteen F-16 fighter jets are stationed, for the ongoing Air Force Day celebrations.

In his speech at the anniversary meeting, Komorowski heralded back to the time he spent as defence minister in Jerzy Buzek’s government between 1997-2001, when he managed to put through the parliamentary bill for the purchase of the fighter jets.

“Today, Lask reflects the difficult road to transforming the Polish Armed Forces, as well as managing to show how much has already been achieved,” Bronislaw Komorowski said, adding that “[in Lask] it is possible to see a positive future for the Air Force and the entire Armed Forces.”

Poland’s president commemorated the airmen who died in the CASA plane crash near Miroslawiec in 2008, as well as the Tu-154 presidential plane catastrophe in April this year, killing all 96 on board. (jb)

Source: PAP

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