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The Polish Air Force operated two modified Tupolev Tu-154Ms tail numbers 101 and 102. Additionally a number of Yakovlev Yak-40 and PZL M28 Bryza fixed-wing aircraft, Mil Mi-8, PZL W-3 Sokół and Bell 412 helicopters were used for domestic transportation. Tu-154 tail number 101, carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński, was destroyed during 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash on 10 April 2010. On 4 December 2003, a Polish Air Force Mi-8 carrying the Polish prime minister crashed in a forest near Warsaw. Even though the helicopter was lost, all 15 people on board survived. The remaining Tu-154M, #102, along with all Air Force Yak-40s will be either sold or retired, while 36th Regiment was disbanded. A new unit will be created to operate VIP helicopters.
As of beginning 2012 The Government of Poland leased two Embraer ERJ-175LR (ERJ-170-200LR) registered SP-LIG and SP-LIH from LOT Polish Airlines to carry out official/state flights.
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“It is often said that Poland is a country where there is anti-semitism and no Jews, which is pathology in its purest state.”
—Bronislaw Geremek (b. 1932)