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Five F-CK-1s of 427th Wing Parked at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base Apron. The AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo (Chinese: 經國號戰機; pinyin: Jīngguó Hào Zhànjī), commonly known as the Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF), is a multirole combat aircraft named after Chiang Ching-kuo, the late President of the Republic of China.
Taipei, Taiwan's fourth largest city and the seat of the ROC government. Taoyuan , Taiwan's largest airport, Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport is located in this city. Tainan , Taiwan's ancient capital.
T-5 prototype at rollout. AIDC was privatized through a public stock offering on August 25, 2014 with the Taiwanese Government retaining a 39% stake. [6]In 2016 AIDC launched a project with international partner Lockheed Martin to develop an upgraded version of the F-16 called the F-16V.
Taiwan obtained an initial batch of American F-104 Starfighters in 1960–61, and eventually received over 200 of these aircraft, all of which were withdrawn from service in the early 1990s. The Starfighters were operated by the 2nd/499th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hsinchu , the 3rd/427th TFW at Ching Chuan Kang AB, and the 5th/401st Tactical ...
Taiwan faces the threat of Chinese missile strike on its airfields. PLA's accurate ballistic missiles and cruise missiles can damage or destroy airfields and aircraft on the ground. Taiwan has hardened key Air Force facilities and built redundancies into critical infrastructure so that it can absorb and survive a long-range missile precision ...
The IDF added that “following the incident, an investigation was launched by the Military Police Criminal Investigation Division (MPCID). The findings will be submitted for review by the ...
Taiwan's government says the Republic of China is a sovereign state and that Beijing has no right to speak for or represent it given the People's Republic of China has no say in how it chooses its ...
Code Part of English name Native name Type Population [a] Area (km 2) Population density (/km 2) Population 2010 [b] Population change [c]; 65000010 New Taipei City: Banqiao District