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my country has purchased 66 new F-16V BLK70 fighter jets from the United States. The first batch of two arrived at Taitung Zhihang Base on the 2nd of last month. After the second batch of three fighter jets left the factory, they took off from Lockheed Martin's Greenville factory in South Carolina and transferred to the Fort Worth base in Texas. They have now arrived in Hawaii and are expected to make their next stop in Guam before returning to Taiwan.
[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] my country has purchased 66 new F-16V BLK70 fighter jets from the United States. The first batch of 2 jets arrived at Taitung Zhihang Base on the 2nd of last month. Now the second batch of 3 jets have also left the factory. They are now confirmed to have arrived in Hawaii and will have the opportunity to arrive in Taiwan for handover in the near future. The appearance of the aircraft has also been exposed, and some of the jets have been printed with my country's national emblem.
The F-16V BLK70 single-seat fighter aircraft number 6729 has my country’s national emblem visible on its fuselage. (Photographed by _lonestarcreative_, this newspaper was authorized by the IDF moderator)
Legislator Wang Dingyu announced the latest video on Facebook today (5th). The second batch of three F-16V fighter jets have arrived in Hawaii, with aircraft numbers 6729, 6731, and 6732 respectively. He also thanked the American video creator "harper_productions" for authorizing the use of relevant footage.
The F-16V BLK70 single-seat fighter aircraft number 6731 has the national emblem of our country visible on the fuselage. (Photographed by _lonestarcreative_, this newspaper was authorized by the IDF moderator)
Of these three fighters, 6732 has the national emblem of the United States on it, and the other two have the national emblem of Taiwan, the Republic of China. Wang Dingyu pointed out that the next stop for this batch of F-16C Block 70 (F-16V) is expected to be Guam, preparing to return to Taiwan.
F-16V BLK70 single-seat fighter aircraft number 6732. (Photographed by _lonestarcreative_, this newspaper was authorized by the IDF moderator)
A few days ago, the military fan site "IDF Jingguohao" also shared photos taken by lonestarcreative. These three fighter jets took off from the Lockheed Martin Company's Greenville (Greenville) factory in South Carolina and transferred to the Fort Worth base in Texas. They are expected to leave tomorrow for Hawaii.
In the photo, you can see that the three F-16V BLK70s are all equipped with CFT suitable fuel tanks, large auxiliary fuel tanks are mounted under the wings, external fuel tanks are also visible on the belly, and my country's national emblem can also be seen on the fuselage.

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