On september 9th a single Casa-295M with serial 017 from the Polish Air Force (Siły Powietrzne) visited Schiphol International airport. In the early morning it arrived arround 07:20 and was parked on the east side of Schiphol airport. The Casa-295M left Schiphol arround 15:00 back to Poland. This Casa-295M belongs to 13.Eskadra Lotnicza based at 8 BLTr Krakow-Balice.
The Polish Air Force has received 17 C-295 that replaced their Antonov An-26s. One aircraft crashed on 23 January 2008, the other 16 are still in service at Kraków-Balice Air Base. Poland was the first foreign customer, ordering eight planes in 2001, two optional in 2006 and two more in 2007, with delivery from 2003 to 2008. In June 2012, another five aircraft were ordered, two delivered in October 2012, third in December 2012 and final two units were delivered on 2 November 2013 (wiki).
