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Naha Air Base temporarily moves its F-15s in light of a tsunami warning

Japan’s Tsunami-Fleeing F-15s Took To The Road

By Oliver Parken / Updated Apr 5, 2024

A US-made F-16 fighter lands on the run way at the eastern Hualien air force base on January 23, 2013. The Taiwan air force demonstrated their combat skills at the Hualien air base during an annual training before the coming lunar new year.

Multiple Taiwanese F-16s Damaged In Powerful Earthquake

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 3, 2024

Our Best Look At Taiwan’s First Homegrown Submarine

Our Best Look At Taiwan’s First Homegrown Submarine

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Feb 27, 2024

Chinese satellite launch rattlesTaiwan.

Chinese Rocket Launch Rattles Taiwan

By Howard Altman / Updated Jan 9, 2024

China Balloon Incursions Taiwan - Dec 2023 - Jan 2024

Spike In Chinese Balloons Over Taiwan A “Serious Threat”

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 8, 2024

A Chinook Helicopter flies over a military camp, as part of a rehearsal for the flyby performance for Taiwan’s Double-Ten National Day Celebration, amid rising tensions between Beijing and Taipei and threats from China, in Taoyuan, Taiwan, 28 September 2021. The 18-meter wide and 12-meter long Taiwan flag, according to state media Central News Agency, will be carried by two CH-47 Chinook helicopters flag flying over the Presidential Office, in addition to a parade displaying the island’s missile systems which will showcase the armed forces' ability to resist threats from China. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto)

Taiwanese Pilot Planned CH-47 Defection To China: Reports

By Oliver Parken / Updated Dec 11, 2023

Originally, the ROCAF also expected to receive 144 F-16Vs, produced as conversions of its existing F-16A/B jets, but this number has since been reduced to 141 through attrition in its existing Viper fleet.

Taiwan’s Final Upgraded F-16V Completes Test Flights

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 6, 2023

A F-5 Fighter takes off during an annual drill at an air base in Taitung City, southeast Taiwan on January 30, 2018. Taiwanese troops staged live-fire exercises January 30 to simulate fending off an attempted invasion, as the island's main threat China steps up pressure on President Tsai Ing-Wen.

Taiwan Is Finally Saying Goodbye To Its F-5 Tiger II Fighters

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 7, 2023

Taiwan submarine

Taiwan Launches First Domestically Built Submarine

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 28, 2023

Apache Taiwan

Taiwan’s AH-64s Are The World’s Most Sinister-Looking Apaches

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 22, 2023

Chinese J-20 aircraft on the runway

China’s J-20 Isn’t A “Dominating Aircraft,” USAF General Says

By Oliver Parken / Updated Sep 13, 2023

IRST Taiwan F-16 Viper

Taiwan’s F-16s Cleared To Receive IRST Targeting Systems

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 23, 2023

Rare Look At Taiwan’s Chien Hsiang Kamikaze Drone In Action

Rare Look At Taiwan’s Chien Hsiang Kamikaze Drone In Action

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 18, 2023

A Taiwanese newspaper has published imagery that is says shows an HF-2E land-attack cruise missile for the first time publicly.

Secretive Taiwanese Cruise Missile Able To Strike Deep In China May Have Broken Cover

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 16, 2023

TAIWAN MIRAGE 2000

Taiwan Looks To Upgrade Mirage 2000s To Bridge F-16 Delays

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Aug 1, 2023

Reports say Taiwan's recently retired Hawk surface-to-air missile systems could be headed to Ukraine via the United States.

Taiwan’s Retired Hawk SAMs Headed To Ukraine: Report

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 14, 2023