For most of its 90 years history, the Polish Air Force was under the influents of the Soviet Union. After the Second World War, it became part of the states witch belong to the East European Union, witch where heavenly controlled by the Soviet Union.



After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Polish Air Force got the opportunity to look for there equipment from other countries. For there newest fighter/bomber airplanes, the decision was made to buy the F-16C/D block 52, the most modern F-16 at the time.