The main unit based there is the 41st Air Tactical Squadron flying Mikoyan MiG-29A/UB fighters.

[6] Post-war, now part of Poland, Marienburg became Malbork and Soviet Air Force units were based there[specify] for a few years.[when?]

In 2003 the last MiG-21s were retired, and in 2004 the squadron was rearmed with refurbished former East German Air Force MiG-29s obtained from the Luftwaffe.

The base was used by French Air Force aircraft deployed in May 2014 as part of NATO's response to the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine.

[11] On 13 February 2023, Dutch F-35 fighters stationed at the 22nd Air Base were scrambled in order to identify and intercept three Russian aircraft that were operating near Polish airspace.