Stanisław Targosz
General Stanisław Targosz (23 July 1948, in Jaroszów, Poland – 4 August 2013, in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland) was a Polish general who was the commanding officer of the Polish Air Force.[1][2]
On 15 August 2000, Polish Army Day, he was promoted by president Aleksander Kwaśniewski, to the rank of generał brygady (brigadier general) and soon afterwards Targosz was transferred to the NATO CAOC-1 command in Denmark.[3]
On 18 November 2003, Targosz was transferred back to Warsaw, where he assumed the post of deputy chief of Air Operations Centre and, since 8 March 2004, the commander of that centre. On 15 August of that year he was promoted to the rank of generał dywizji (Major General). Finally, on 3 April 2005, he was promoted to the rank of Generał broni (three-star general) and became the commanding officer of the entire Polish Air Force[1] until 19 April 2007. He was succeeded by General Andrzej Błasik.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Embassy of the United States in Poland Archived 2010-05-28 at the Wayback Machine, polish.poland.usembassy.gov; accessed 17 February 2015. (in Polish)
- ^ pmaj. "Nie żyje były dowódca Sił Powietrznych gen. Stanisław Targosz" (in Polish). rp.pl. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ Henryk Czyżyk, "ZARYS HISTORII 4 POMORSKIEJ DYWIZJI LOTNICTWA MYŚLIWSKIEGO w latach 1951-1991" Bulletin of Centralne Archiwum Wojskowe Archived 2009-08-15 at the Wayback Machine, caw.wp.mil.pl; accessed 17 February 2015. (in Polish)
- ^ Polish Air Force website Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine; accessed 17 February 2015. (in Polish)