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Current ROCAF inventory includes over 400 combat aircraft, the mainstays being the AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo IDF (Indigenous Defense Fighter) and F-16, while the Mirage 2000-5 is the primary air-defense aircraft. Older F-5 fighters are gradually being phased out, but remain in service.
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It entered service with Republic of China Air Force (Taiwan) in 1992. [4] All 130 production aircraft were manufactured by 1999. [6] Taiwan initiated the IDF program when the United States refused to sell them F-20 Tigershark and F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighters following diplomatic pressure from China. Taiwan therefore decided to develop an ...
In response to the large "Joint Sword-2024B" drills, Taiwan dispatched combat air patrol (CAP) aircraft and naval vessels and employed its coastal missile systems. China's J-15 is a carrier-based ...
Taiwan Air Force Mirage 2000 aircraft prepare to land at Hsinchu Air Base, Taiwan, on Oct. 14, 2024. China launched fresh, large-scale military exercises around Taiwan and its outlying islands on ...
Founded on mainland China, the ROC Air Force on Taiwan received U.S. military assistance in the Cold War, including over 400 aircraft, which were mostly fighters. [66] Beginning in 1954 with the F-86 Saber , [ 73 ] by the late 1980s the ROCAF's fighter force also had the F-100 Super Saber , the F-104 Starfighter , and Northrop F-5 . [ 74 ]
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Thursday that in the past 24 hours it had detected 40 Chinese air force aircraft entering the island's air defence zone, mostly flying to the south of Taiwan and ...
The following list of active People's Liberation Army aircraft is a list of military aircraft, currently in service with three branches of the People's Liberation Army. For retired aircraft, see list of historic aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Air Force.