Łask Air Base

51.5516°N 19.1791°E / 51.5516; 19.1791

32nd Air Base
Near Łask, Łask County in Poland
A Polish and a US F-16 Fighting Falcon at Łask in 2014
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Polish Air Force
Site history
Built	1957 (1957)
In use	2001-Present
Garrison information
Current commander	Colonel Ireneusz Nowak[1]
Garrison	10th Tactical Squadron
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: EPLK
Elevation	639 feet (195 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 10/28 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) Paved
Source: DoD FLIP[2]

32nd Air Base (Polish: 32. Baza Lotnicza) (ICAO: 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

The base airfield was built in 1957.[6] 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.