Poland’s AirSHOW Radom 2025 cancelled following crash.
Printed On 28 Aug 2025
A Polish Military pilot has died after his F-16 jet crashed throughout preparations for a global airshow in Poland.
In an announcement on Thursday, the Common Command of the Armed Forces mentioned that the accident concerned an plane from the thirty first Tactical Air Base close to Poznan, western Poland. No bystanders have been injured.
“A Polish Military pilot died within the crash of an F-16 plane – an officer who at all times served his nation with dedication and nice braveness. I pay tribute to his reminiscence,” Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz wrote on X after arriving on the crash scene at Radom airport, in central Poland.
Firefighters rushed to the scene after the plane didn’t get better after barreling down the runway and hitting the bottom. The accident occurred at round 19:30 native time (17:30 GMT).
Video on social media confirmed the F-16 fighter jet nose-diving after which erupting right into a ball of flames because it crashed throughout a follow session earlier than this yr’s Radom Air Present.
On the day that I visited Polish troops serving in Latvia,
I used to be deeply saddened to be taught of the lack of the Polish pilot of the F-16 killed in the course of the demonstration flight this night in Radom. My ideas are along with his household and comrade troopers.Moje najszczersze wyrazy…
— Andris Spruds (@AndrisSpruds) August 28, 2025
Native experiences state that the pilot, a part of an elite group of NATO air models generally known as “Tiger Demo”, was not seen ejecting from the airplane earlier than the crash.
The AirSHOW Radom 2025, which was on account of happen this weekend, has been cancelled.
Poland first purchased US-made F-16s, a jet key to NATO’s defence technique, in 2003 and has since been within the technique of upgrading its fleet amid its boosted defence spending within the wake of Russia’s 2023 invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.
🇮🇹🇵🇱 The Chief of Italian Defence, Common #Portolano, expresses profound sorrow for the tragic lack of the Polish pilot who misplaced his life within the F-16 crash at present.
On behalf of the Italian Armed Forces, Common Portolano extends his deepest condolences to Common #Kukula, to the… pic.twitter.com/Hw0jf5xjLV
— Forze Armate StatoMaggioreDifesa (@SM_Difesa) August 28, 2025
In a publish on X, the Defence Common Employees of Italy, a fellow NATO member, expressed “profound sorrow” following the crash.
Latvia’s minister of defence, who visited Polish troops stationed within the Japanese European nation earlier on Thursday, additionally posted on X that he was “deeply saddened” by the dying.
“My ideas are along with his household and comrade troopers,” he mentioned.
