Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/20
By: Matt Yu and Ko Lin

Taipei, Oct. 20 (CNA) The first upgraded F-16 fighter jet, known as the F-16 Viper or F-

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16V, has been delivered to the Air Force by state-owned aviation firm Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC), an Air Force official said Saturday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that three other F-16Vs are currently undergoing extensive flight testing and are expected to be delivered to the Air Force by year-end.

The fighters are part of a NT$110 billion (US$3.68 billion) program launched by the government in 2016 to upgrade Taiwan’s 144 F-16 A/B jets into F-16Vs, the largest and most important upgrade ever undertaken by the Air Force.    [FULL  STORY]