The Air Defence Force was intended for the defence of the population, troops and economically and strategically important military and administrative-state facilities located on the territory of the country, against enemy air attack.
OPK troops constituted an important element of the country's territorial defense forces, which also included units of land forces and the Navy.
Korpus Lotniczy, HQ in Poznań) established in the beginning of 1990 as a command of the Air Force's combat units of equal status to the 3 air defence corps.
Currently, after another reorganization and name change, the tasks of these troops are performed by Air Force units.
Territorial Air Defence Troops Command (Dowództwo Wojsk Obrony Powietrznej Kraju), in Warsaw