Three newly built F-16V Block 70 fighters arrived at Taiwan’s Chihhang Air Base in Taitung on 8 November, according to the Republic of China Air Force. The aircraft, identified as 6729, 6731 and 6732, form the second batch of a 66-aircraft purchase from the United States. Their arrival advances deliveries but does not, by itself,…
Taiwan has received the first two of 66 new-build F-16V Block 70 fighters ordered from the United States, beginning a programme that will progressively strengthen its combat-air and air-defence capacity.