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Polish People's Republic / Early Cold War

PZL TS-11 Iskra armed family

A Polish jet trainer with armed variants suitable for light-attack and weapons-training missions.

Archive ID: afm_0000519
PZL TS-11 Iskra armed family, shown in the selected representative source image.Greg Goebel / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain — released by authorImage source

A Polish jet trainer with armed variants suitable for light-attack and weapons-training missions.

Primary roleAttack
First flight1960
Service entry1964
OriginPolish People's Republic
ManufacturerWSK PZL-Mielec
Documented variants1
Crew modeCrewed
AirframeFixed Wing

Variants

DesignationTypeRoleRecorded operators
TS-11 bisProductionAttackPolish Air Force

Representative specifications

Configuration-specific profiles are shown separately so values from different variants are not blended into one false “standard” aircraft.

TS-11 bis

TS-11 bis — C014 baseline technical profile

Crew
2

Powerplant: 1 × PZL SO-1 turbojet

Armament: Gun installation plus bombs or rockets on armed training missions.

Sources and further reading

Structured references supporting this aircraft family, variants, specifications, and narrative sections.

  1. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1964-65 — Sampson Low, Marston & Co. · Tier 3