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The 23rd Air Base (Polish: 23 Baza Lotnicza) is a Polish Air Force base, located 6 km east of Mińsk Mazowiecki. It was officially established on 1 January 2001, replacing the disbanded 1st Aviation Regiment "Warszawa". The main unit based there is the 1st Air Tactical Squadron, which operates MiG-29 fighter jets.

On 18 December 2017, one of the MiG-29's stationed here at the base crash landed in a forest near Kałuszyn while on approach to land.cite-ref-1[1] The pilot survived. Initial reports were contradictory as tonwhether he had ejected. On 21 December 2017, the Ministry of Defense confirmed that the pilot did not eject.cite-ref-2[2] This incident marked the first crash of a MiG-29 during its nearly three decades of its operational service in the Polish Air Force.cite-ref-3[3] The second crash followed on 4 March 2019. This time the pilot ejected and survived.cite-ref-4[4]

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cite-note-11. ↑ "Polish Air Force MiG-29 Crashes in Minsk Mazowiecki. It's The First Ever Crash Of A Polish Fulcrum" The Aviationist, 19 December 2017

cite-note-22. ↑ "Wiceszef MON o katastrofie myśliwca: pilot MiG-29 nie katapultował się", 21 December 2017. TVN 24

cite-note-33. ↑ "Polish MiG-29 jet fighter crashes" Archived 22 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Jane's Information Group, 19 December 2017.

cite-note-44. ↑ ""Zobaczyłam, jak spada samolot". Straż: to maszyna wojskowa" TVN 24, 4 March 2019

• Official webpage

52°11′44″N 21°39′25″E / 52.19556°N 21.65694°E / 52.19556; 21.65694