The 31st Air Base (Polish: 31. Baza Lotnicza) is a Polish Air Force base, located in Krzesiny, part of the Nowe Miasto district of Poznań. It is the first base to host the recently acquired F-16 fighters.
The base was officially constituted on 31 December 2000, and since then has been the home base for the 3rd Tactical Squadron.
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