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<blockquote data-quote="alex69" data-source="post: 280624" data-attributes="member: 5738">Problemas con los F-16 polacosAnother F-16 avoids disasterMore evidence has emerged that the fleet of F-16s that Poland received from the United States may be defective. On February 17, an F-16 fighter jet almost fell from the skies, from an altitude of 10,000 meters during training exercises conducted in the Krzesiny district, near Poznan, western Poland. After plunging 2 kilometers the pilot finally regained control of the aircraft and avoided disaster, reports Rzeczpospolita.The case is being investigated by the Commission for Aircraft Accident Investigation.In 2006, Poland bought 48 F-16 fighters from the US and became the 23rd country to start using the model. The machines were said to be one of the most technologically advanced in the world. Their reliability, however, was put into question due to a series of problems, the last of which took place in July 2008 when the pilot had to conduct an emergency landing in Okecie Airport, Warsaw.And in October 2007, two F-16 jet fighters stationed at Krzesiny airport were forced to make an emergency landing.In 2003, Mac Stevenson, the then Vice President for Business Development at Lockheed-Martin who set up the deal worth 3.5 billion dollars, plus 6 billion dollars in offset deals, with the Polish government, said: “The airplane that the Polish government is going to receive is the finest F-16 that's flying. They're getting the latest in modern electronic warfare, the latest in weapons. The performance of the airplane is not exceeded anywhere. This airplane has capabilities in it that actually exceed the capabilities of the United States Air Force's F-16s.&quot; <a href="http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/n..._disaster.html" target="_blank">http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/n..._disaster.html</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="alex69, post: 280624, member: 5738"] [b]Problemas con los F-16 polacos[/b] Another F-16 avoids disaster More evidence has emerged that the fleet of F-16s that Poland received from the United States may be defective. On February 17, an [U]F-16 fighter jet almost fell from the skies, from an altitude of 10,000 meters during training exercises conducted in the Krzesiny district, near Poznan, western Poland. After plunging 2 kilometers the pilot finally regained control of the aircraft and avoided disaster, reports Rzeczpospolita[/U]. The case is being investigated by the Commission for Aircraft Accident Investigation. In 2006, Poland bought 48 F-16 fighters from the US and became the 23rd country to start using the model. The machines were said to be one of the most technologically advanced in the world. Their reliability, however, was put into question due to a series of problems, the last of which took place in July 2008 when the pilot had to conduct an emergency landing in Okecie Airport, Warsaw. And in October 2007, two F-16 jet fighters stationed at Krzesiny airport were forced to make an emergency landing. In 2003, Mac Stevenson, the then Vice President for Business Development at Lockheed-Martin who set up the deal worth 3.5 billion dollars, plus 6 billion dollars in offset deals, with the Polish government, said: “The airplane that the Polish government is going to receive is the finest F-16 that's flying. They're getting the latest in modern electronic warfare, the latest in weapons. The performance of the airplane is not exceeded anywhere. This airplane has capabilities in it that actually exceed the capabilities of the United States Air Force's F-16s." [url]http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/n..._disaster.html[/url] [/QUOTE]

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