 In 1946 the last Poles that were educated in Aviation Schools in the Soviet Union returned to Poland.Others rejoining the service between 1945 and 1947 included 205 pre-war officers and non-commissioned officers that returned from POW camps, and disbanded units of Polish Air Forces in Great Britain including such famous pilots like Maj. Stanisław Skalski.On March 13, 1947, the Air Force of the Polish Army was renamed as the Polish Air Force (), ending its transformation to a peacetime Air Force.