The F-16 pilot, Hsin Po-yi, is believed to have ejected from the aircraft around 10 nautical miles off the coast. Search and rescue efforts are, at the time of writing, understood to still be in ...

A ROCAF F-16V crashed off Hualien during a night training flight. The pilot remains missing as SAR crews search in rough seas and high winds.

Opposition politicians frame incident as readiness problem created by high operational tempo, ageing airframes and slow ...

Single-seat F-16 lost radar contact at 1129GMT on Tuesday and pilot remains missing with no trace yet - Anadolu Ajansı ...

A Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet crashed off the island's eastern coast during a training mission. An emergency search is underway as the pilot is believed to have ejected safely over the sea.

The island's ageing fleet faces a near-daily need to scramble aircraft to intercept or monitor Chinese military planes. Read ...

The Air Force says a professional team would begin salvaging the aircraft as soon as possible while the search for the pilot ...

A Lockheed Martin F-16V (Block 20) Fighting Falcon takes off from Hualein Air Force Base, which is a major centre of F-16 operations in Taiwan. This photograph was taken in 2024. (Annabelle Chih/Getty ...

The incident comes as Taiwan continues to modernise its air force, with the F-16 forming a key part of its defensive capability ...