This week is the end of an era as the Polish air force retires the last of its Sukhoi Su-22 fleet.
The Su-22 is an attack aircraft produced by the former Soviet Union. It entered service with the Polish air force in 1984.
The retirement of the Polish Su-22 fleet marks the end of Su-22 operations in Europe.
It’s an aircraft I didn’t get a chance to see much of in action. By the time I relocated from Canada to the Czech Republic in 2004, Czech air force Su-22s were in museums.
These are pictures I took of Polish Su-22s at the 2013 and 2022 editions of the AirPower air show in Zeltweg, Austria:
Pickled Wings 