I was reading this article at www.f16.net and it claiming Poland's new Block-52 are grounded because of lack of spare parts? I though the user is responsible for buying and stocking spares? Are their any F-16 types here who would know if this is true or not? Did anybody else hear about this seems something isn't right. I didn't see this in the other places I look for aviation news. Could be a Polish maintenance crews at fault but to be fair they haven't had those birds for long. The Polish Vipers are hot **** models can fire all kinds of goodies plus anti-radar missile too, Chile's Vipers can't. Poland bought a **** load of missiles too 120-C, 9M, and 9X, plus goodies that go boom.

http://www.f-16.net/news_article2505.html

Why couldnt they get spare parts?

Any plane comes with lots of spares... This sounds weird to me

Don't you have to order them separately?

Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck

Don't you have to order them separately?

They come together! depends on the terms of the contarct but mostly spares and planes are shipped together.

Heck, maybe those spares they ordered ran out. Then again, you'd have a better idea. You're air force.