Jan 22, 2025 · A Taiwan Air Force officer died after being sucked into the engine of an Indigenous Defense Fighter jet at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, officials say.

Jan 22, 2025 · An Air Force officer was killed after being sucked into the engine of a fighter jet, Taiwan's Air Force Command Headquarters said on Tuesday (Jan 21). The incident happened on Tuesday morning at ...

5 days ago · The Air Force is scrambling to hang its best anti-ship missiles on more types of warplane – so that America can darken the sky over the Taiwan Strait with enough munitions to drown a Chinese ...

Jan 22, 2025 · A 41-year-old Air Force officer in Taiwan died on 21 January after allegedly being sucked into the engine of a fighter jet during a routine inspection. The incident occurred at the Ching Chuan ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Taiwanese air force ground crew load a missile onto an Indigenous Defense Fighter aircraft as part of a combat readiness exercise at Ching Chuan Kang air base in Taichung, Taiwan, on January 8, 2025.

Jan 21, 2025 · TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A female officer died when she was sucked into the engine of an Indigenous Defense Fighter at the Ching Chuan Kang Air Force Base in Taichung, reports said Tuesday. The Air Force ordered all IDF jets to ground while the cause was investigated. As a member of the military’s ...

Feb 5, 2024 · The $4.5 billion “Peace Phoenix Rising” program to upgrade 139 of Taiwan’s F-16s to the F-16V (Block 70-72) configuration is complete, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center announced Feb. 5. The next step in the boost of Taiwan’s air defenses is to deliver 66 new-build F-16s in a comparable configuration, expected within the next ...

Oct 15, 2024 · Taiwan detected 153 aircraft surrounding its territory as China carried out massive military exercises, according to the self-ruled island’s defence ministry.

Jul 23, 2024 · An approaching typhoon has prompted the cancellation of air force drills off Taiwan's east coast. But naval and land exercises are set to continue in other parts of the self-governing island democracy, which China threatens to invade.

Apr 25, 2023 · Taiwan and the U.S. have signed two deals worth close to $420 million for maintaining fighter aircraft operated by the self-governing island that China considers its own territory. Based on the...