By Taiwan’s military says one in all the air force’s F-16 fighter jets disappeared throughout a nighttime coaching mission.
The defence ministry same the single-seater plane fell off radio detection and ranging screens regarding 2 minutes once commencing on Tues evening which the fate of the pilot was unknown.
A massive air and ocean search has been ordered within the space encompassing the base of operations within the japanese town of Hualien on the coast.
The plane’s disappearance follows the crash of associate degree F-5E fighter throughout a coaching mission last month, killing the pilot.
The incidents come back as Taiwan’s air force is below bigger pressure to reply to incursions by warplanes from China, that claims Taiwan as its own territory to be brought below its management by force if necessary.
Taiwan purchased the F-16s from the u. s., its chief ally, within the Nineteen Nineties and has been upgrading its existing models at the side of ordering the most recent version of the versatile jet.
