Tag: Republic of China Air Force
Military aircraft accidents blight start to the year
Combat aircraft operations in the Asia Pacific is off to a rocky start in 2022 with a spate of high profile aircraft accidents for...
China debuts Y-20U aerial tanker in latest Taiwan ADIZ buzz
Taiwan’s defence ministry announced on 28 November that the Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) had scrambled its fighter jets to warn off a...
Taiwanese air force receives first-production T-5 advanced trainer
The Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) has received the first Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) T-5 Yung Yin (Brave Eagle) advanced jet trainer...
Indo Pacific UAV Directory 2021
The development of unmanned aerial vehicles is growing apace, especially in China. New longer range ISR platforms are also on the procurement list of...
Taiwan readies extended-range Sky Sword 2 missile for production
Taiwan’s government-run National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) is set to mass produce an improved version of the Tien Chien II (TC2...
Chinese Air Force Spreads New Wings
China’s military aviation industry has moved on from reverse engineering to indigenous design and development.
Chinese airpower took centre stage in the Asia Pacific in...
Taiwan test fires AIM-120 AMRAAMs locally for the first time
The Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) has reportedly performed the first local live-firing of the US-made Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs).
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Taiwan’s F-16s to get Auto-GCAS
The Republic of China Air Force’s (RoCAF’s) fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 20 combat aircraft will be fitted with an automatic terrain avoidance...
Taiwan eyes future indigenous combat aircraft
Research and development (R&D) on a next-generation fighter aircraft for the Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) is already in progress, the president of...
David versus Goliath
The Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF), as part of that country’s armed forces, faces a nearly impossible primary mission on paper, to defend...
