Taiwan air force loses another fighter, second crash in 3 months

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TAIPEI - A Taiwanese Mirage 2000 fighter jet crashed into the sea off the island's southeast coast on Monday though the pilot was rescued alive, the presidential office said, the second hull loss of

TAIPEI - A Taiwanese Mirage 2000 fighter jet crashed into the sea off the island's southeast coast on Monday though the pilot was rescued alive, the presidential office said, the second hull loss of a combat aircraft in the space of three months.

In January the air force suspended combat training for its F-16 fleet after a recently upgraded model of the fighter jet alsoLast year, two F-5E fighters, which first entered service in Taiwan in the 1970s, crashed into the sea after they apparently collided in mid-air during a training mission, also from the Chihhang air base.

 

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