Air-Force Taiwan to lift grounding of F-5 fleet next week

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Taiwan will resume flights for the Northrop F-5 fighter next week, Air Force chief of staff Huang Chih-Wei told legislators.

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Two F-5E fighters collided and crashed into the sea at the Taitung Chi Aviation Military Base on the 22nd, resulting in 1 dead and 1 missing. Deputy Minister of National Defense Zhang Zheping said in an inquiry at the Legislative Yuan today (29th) , Although there is no new progress in search and rescue, it will continue to search and rescue without giving up any hope. When the Blue Commissioner Lu Yuling asked, when will the Air Force F-5 fighter go around? In response to the inquiry, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Huang Zhiwei said that the F-5 fighter is expected to gradually go around in the first week of April and will be carried out by a senior pilot flying a two-seater aircraft.


The Air Force Command sent two F-5E fighter jets crashed into the sea and ordered the entire army to conduct a "Tianan Special Inspection." Huang Zhiwei said at a press conference on the evening of the 22nd that all aircraft types include fighters (Phantom 2000, F-16, IDF, F-5), slow-speed aircraft (C-130, P-3C) and other aircraft are fully grounded; other training and exercises, including the combat readiness month and Lianxiang exercises, are also fully suspended. (Wang Jionghua/Report from Taipei)

 

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