Łask Air Base

{{Short description|Base in Poland}}

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|name = 32nd Air Base

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|nearest_town = Łask, Łask County

|country = Poland

|image = A Polish F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, right, taxis past a U.S. Air Force F-16 assigned to the 555th Fighter Squadron at Lask Air Base, Poland, before a training mission March 18, 2014 140318-F-BH566-226.jpg

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|ownership = Ministry of Defence

|operator = Polish Air Force

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|built = {{Start date|1957}}

|used = 2001-Present

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|current_commander = Colonel Ireneusz Nowak{{cite web|url=http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114877,10975375,Lodzkie__Plk_Krystian_Ziec_nowym_dowodca_32__Bazy.html|title=Łódzkie. Płk Krystian Zięć nowym dowódcą 32. Bazy Lotnictwa w Łasku|accessdate=2012-01-16}}

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|garrison = 10th Tactical Squadron

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|ICAO = EPLK

|elevation = {{Convert|639|ft|0}}

|r1-number = 10/28

|r1-length = {{Convert|3000|m|0}}

|r1-surface = Paved

|footnotes = Source: DoD FLIP{{Cite book|title=DoD Flight Information Publication (Enroute) - Supplement Europe, North Africa and Middle East|publisher=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|year=2021|location=St. Louis, Missouri|pages=B-293-B-294}}

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32nd Air Base ({{langx|pl|32. Baza Lotnicza}}) {{Airport codes||EPLK}} is a Polish Air Force base, located in Łask, about 30 km south-west of Łódź. It is one of the two bases where Poland's F-16 fighters are stationed, the other being 31st Air Base. 9 of them were first moved there in October 2008.PAP news agency, Warsaw, 3 Oct 08 The goal is to have 16 fighters, operated by the 10th Tactical Squadron.

A detachment of the US Air Force has been permanently based at Łask since November, 2012.[https://www.usafe.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/253289/usaf-activates-avdet-in-poland/ USAF activates AvDet in Poland] Additional units rotate to the base periodically to conduct training exercises. The force is thought to be nuclear-capable and has joined nuclear exercises with NATO.{{cite web|access-date=2022-02-20|title=Polish F-16s In NATO Nuclear Exercise In Italy|url=https://fas.org/blogs/security/2014/10/steadfastnoon/}}

The base airfield was built in 1957.[http://www.lask.pl/node/302 Łask local government site] The current base unit, combining infrastructure and ground personnel, was formed in 2001.

In the past there were plans to use this airfield for civilian airliners, but with the expansion of nearby Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport these have been shelved.