{"product_id":"cobi-f-16c-fighting-falcon-set-5910-damaged-box","title":"COBI F-16C Fighting Falcon Set 5910 (Damaged Box)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCOBI's \u003cstrong\u003eF-16C Fighting Falcon\u003c\/strong\u003e is a 1:48 model built from \u003cstrong\u003e463 blocks\u003c\/strong\u003e, 31 cm long, produced under licence from Lockheed Martin in Polish Air Force colours. AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-9 Sidewinder and AGM-65 Maverick missiles are included, along with a pilot figure with Polish Air Force patches, a display stand and a plate with the Polish chequerboard and the US flag. All markings are printed; no stickers. This is the revised version with corrected armament and a lighter paint scheme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set is sold at a reduced price because the outer box is damaged — it may have holes, creases or crushed corners. The contents are brand new, sealed and complete. If you are building the model rather than collecting sealed boxes, the only difference is the price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe decision of the century\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is what the Polish press called it at the time, and the phrase stuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 18 April 2003 Poland signed for 48 F-16s — 36 single-seat C and 12 two-seat D — the largest arms purchase in the country's history and a choice between American, French and Swedish offers that was as much political as technical. Poland had joined NATO four years earlier and was flying Soviet aircraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first Polish F-16 flew at Fort Worth in March 2006 and the first four arrived in November that year. The aircraft were named Jastrząb — hawk — and they remain the backbone of Polish air defence, flying Baltic Air Policing rotations and NATO exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe significance was not only the hardware. Buying American fighters meant rebuilding an entire air force around Western logistics, training, weapons, maintenance and language, which took years and could not be undone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the COBI range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet 5913 is the Norwegian F-16AM, 5914 the two-seat F-16D, and 5892 the YF-16 prototype.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePieces:\u003c\/strong\u003e 463 · \u003cstrong\u003eFigures:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 pilot · \u003cstrong\u003eScale:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1:48 · \u003cstrong\u003eLicensed by Lockheed Martin\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eNo stickers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModel dimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 31 × 22.5 × 11.5 cm (12.2 × 8.9 × 4.5 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e new and sealed, outer box damaged\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"COBI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52910926692634,"sku":"5910-DMG","price":56.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/3134\/9786\/files\/5910-box-front_215dbb7a-bab3-4922-a4db-d8d137846fe6.png?v=1789788127","url":"https:\/\/notjustcollectibles.com\/products\/cobi-f-16c-fighting-falcon-set-5910-damaged-box","provider":"Not Just Collectibles, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}