With 200+ F-16 Vipers, Taiwan ‘Muscling Up’ Its Air Force But Is Woefully Short

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At the time, the Taiwanese Air Force announced that Taipei carried

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The Air Force personnel reportedly outfitted an F-16V fighter with a US-made anti-ship missile

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as part of a “combat readiness” exercise

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The island state awaits the US delivery of about 66 F-16V fighter jets

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However, it is also concurrently facing a personnel shortage

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The report states that the Taiwanese military has struggled for years

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American-made F-16s almost daily to intercept Chinese fighter jets

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Taiwan is upgrading 141 F-16A/B jets into F-16Vs

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This will make it the largest F-16 fleet in the Asia Pacific region

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