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The Air Force received the first upgraded F-16V in 2018. [61] [62] A EC225 on display at the Hsinchu Air Base open house. On April 10, 2019, Air Force Chief of Staff Liu Jen-yuan stated that the Air Force is asking for a total of 66 new-build F-16Vs from the U.S. to replace its aging and obsolete F-5 fighters. [63]
The 21st Fighter Squadron is part of the 56th Operations Group at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, however it is separately based at Morris Air National Guard Base. [4] It is a United States Air Force squadron that operates Taiwan-owned General Dynamics F-16V Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting fighter and maintenance training for the pilots and maintainers of the Republic of China Air Force.
In 2016 AIDC launched a project with international partner Lockheed Martin to develop an upgraded version of the F-16 called the F-16V. AIDC will share revenue from all future international sales and upgrades. [7] Upgrades to 142 of Taiwan’s F-16A/B fighters to the F-16V standard began in 2016.
A new video shows one of Taiwan's F-16 tracking a Chinese J-15 fighter jet. ... military aircraft flying around and in Taiwan's air defense identification zone. Taiwan's defense ministry said it ...
Taiwan's defense ministry thanked the United States and said the sale would boost the combat and defense needs of its air force. ... the sale to Taiwan of F-16 fighter jet spare and repair parts ...
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] In the 1990s Taiwan began acquiring more modern aircraft to replace the F-5 and to counter the improving People's Liberation Army Air Force , including the F-16 Fighting Falcon and ...
Taiwan's defence ministry said that beginning at around 6 a.m. (2200 GMT Tuesday) Chinese war planes, including J-10 fighters, had flown into the southwestern corner of the island's air defence ...
In addition to equipping F-16V for Taiwan and other US allies, US Air Force also selected APG-83 SABR to upgrade 72 of its Air National Guard F-16s. [5] In January 2014, Singapore ordered 70 AN/APG-83 SABR for its 60 F-16C/D/G+ Block 52 upgrade, in a $2.43 billion deal. [6] [7] [8] At August 2018, Northrop Grumman conducted an APG-83 fit test ...