Headshot of Colonel Krzysztof Kwiatkowski

Colonel Krzysztof Kwiatkowski

Chief of Combat Aviation Helicopter Branch, Polish Air Force

Personal Profile

Education, training, courses:

2022 Command Advance Course: Higher Strategic-Operational Course, War

Studies University, Warsaw, Poland.

2018 Advance Course of Spatial disorientation, Polish Air Force Academy, Dęblin,

Poland.

2017 Command Course: Battalion Commanders Course, War Studies University,

Warsaw, Poland.

2015 CJPRSC Specialized Training, Papa AB, Hungary.
2013 Pilot Instructor Training Advanced, Polish Air Force Academy, Dęblin, Poland.
2012 Advanced course: Crew Resources Management, Polish Air Force Academy,

Dęblin, Poland.

2004 Post-graduate studies: Aviation Management Faculty, National Defense

University of Warsaw, Poland.

2001 University of Gdańsk, Political Science, Gdansk, Poland.
1999 Vocational studies: Helicopter Pilot – Engineer, Polish Air Force Academy,

Dęblin, Poland.

1995 Aviation High School, Dęblin, Poland.
Military Service Record:
1999-2010 Pilot, Flight Commander, Section Commander, 49th Combat Helicopter

Regiment, Pruszcz Gdański,

2003, 2005, 2007 Polish Military Contingent Iraq (LNO, Pilot, Flight Commander)
2010 Polish Military Contingent Afghanistan (Section Commander)
2010-11 Crew Commander, 56th Combat Helicopter Regiment, Inowroclaw.
2011-15 Chief of Section, 1st Army Aviation Brigade HQ, Inowroclaw.
2015-18 Support Squadron Commander, 56th Air Base, Inowroclaw,
2018-20 Attack Helicopter Squadron Commander, 56th Air Base, Inowroclaw.
2020-23 Chief of Training, 1st Army Aviation Brigade, Inowroclaw.
2023 Chief of Combat Aviation Branch, General Command of the Polish Armed

Forces, Warsaw,

Promotions:
1999 Second Lieutenant
2002 Lieutenant
2011 Captain
2015 Major
2018 Lieutenant Colonel
2023 Colonel

Decorations, medals, awards:
2009 Iraq Star
2011 Afghanistan Star
2011 NATO Non Article V Medal
2015 Silver Medal of the Armed Forces In the Service of the Fatherland
2020 Gold Medal of Merit for National Defense
2023 Military Decoration for Wounds and Injuries
Interests:
Sport, music,
Family:
Wife Zofia, daughter Zuzanna.

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