
空軍以「鳳翔專案」採購66架F-16V(BLK 70)戰機,第二批3架新機確定於明(8)日飛抵台東志航基地。
空軍斥資採購66架F-16V(BLK 70)戰機,第二批3架新機確定於明(8)日飛抵台東志航基地,國防部長顧立雄日前曾證實此事。
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空軍以「鳳翔專案」為代號,斥資2472億餘元向美採購66架全新F-16V(BLK 70)戰機。
國軍首批F-16V BLK70戰機日前返台。
空軍以「鳳翔專案」為代號,斥資2472億餘元向美採購66架全新F-16V(BLK 70)戰機,第二批3架新機確定於明(8)日飛抵台東志航基地。空軍今(7)日已向媒體發出通知,民眾屆時將可見證戰機落地畫面。
空軍今天已向媒體發出通知。據研判,若無天候等不可抗力因素,新機可望於中午左右降落志航基地。首批2架F-16V返台時,即是10月2日上午8時許自關島升空,飛行約4小時後於中午12時許落地。此前,國防部長顧立雄昨受訪證實,第二批戰機近期就會抵台。
據悉,第二批3架戰機均為單座機,國軍機號分別為6729、6731及6732。該批戰機日前自美國洛馬公司南卡羅來納州格林維爾廠出廠、轉場德州沃斯堡後,於美國時間4日編隊升空,在美軍加油機伴隨支援下飛抵夏威夷珍珠港—希卡姆聯合基地進行檢整。
空軍原規劃66架於今年底前全數交付,但受洛馬公司產線搬遷重啟及疫情衝擊、供應鏈中斷等因素影響,交機進度整體落後。
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第二批3架F-16V戰機明(8)日降落台東志航基地
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The Air Force's code-named "Project Fengxiang" is to purchase F-16V BLK 70 fighter jets from the United States. The second batch of three new jets is scheduled to arrive at Taitung Zhihang Base around noon tomorrow (8). All of them are single-seat jets, with aircraft numbers 6729, 6731 and 6732 respectively.

Air Force Air Defense and Missile Commander Lieutenant General Liu Xiaotang will retire at the end of November. The Air Defense Department is responsible for more than 1,000 strategic weapons including Patriot, Tiangong and Xiongsheng missiles across Taiwan. Major General Tang Zhiyao, a native of Tainan and former deputy commander of the Air Defense Department, is the most optimistic person within the Air Force to take over. Tang Zhiyao has a comprehensive background in frontline operations, army planning and strategic intelligence. He once led the F-16V procurement project and served as the deputy commander of the Air Defense Department for more than 2 years. He is highly familiar with air defense missile deployment and Taiwan-US collaborative training.

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