The Mikoyan design bureau developed the jet fighters piloted, by the main unit based at the 22nd Air Base, of the Polish Air Force.
41st Tactical Squadron (known as 41. 
 The squadron operates Mikoyan MiG-29 jet fighters acquired from the German Luftwaffe. 
The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Russian:  -29 ; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. 
 Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG-29, along with the larger Sukhoi Su-27, was developed to counter new American fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, and the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. 
 The main unit based there is the 41st Air Tactical Squadron flying MiG-29 fighters. 
