How is the strength comparison between the Eastern Theater Command Air Force and the Taiwan Air Force?
Taiwan Air Force is the psychological pillar of "Taiwan independence elements" resisting unification with force. The Taiwan authorities attach great importance to its control over the air force. Once upon a time, the Taiwan authorities claimed that the strength of the Taiwan Air Force ranks among the top three in Asia. For the People's Liberation Army Air Force, which is backward, the Taiwan Air Force is far superior to our weapons, equipment and technical and tactical strategies.
Today, does the Eastern Theater Command have the ability to suppress its opponents?
1: The two sides fought many times
After the Kuomintang army retreated, the Kuomintang Air Force had never given up invading me and my southeastern coast. In 1958, the Air Force sent 6 aviation regiments to Fujian to fight.
Air Force troops entered Fujian shot down and injured 27 opponents, and captured one opponent's pilot, causing serious combat damage to the Kuomintang Air Force.
Of course, we also paid a certain amount of losses. At that time, after pilots of the 14th Division of the Aviation Corps of our army, Du Fengrui flew the fighter jet to shoot down two opponents' fighter jets, they were unfortunately hit by another enemy aircraft on the other side.
Du Fengrui was forced to parachute when he was ineffective in saving the fighter plane, but the Kuomintang Air Force that year actually violated the humanitarian spirit and shot the pilot who had already parachute, causing our pilot to die on the spot.
After Du Fengrui died, his squadron was named "Du Fengrui" Squadron. Today's "Du Fengrui Squadron" is still the main aviation brigade responsible for the battle in the Taiwan Strait. and replaced it with the latest J-16 fighter , becoming an ace fighter brigade.
Today, the Eastern Theater Command Air Force has had countless opportunities to confront the Taiwan Air Force in its military operations near Taiwan.
Taiwan Air Force even sent F-16A fighter jets to fly close to monitor the H-6K bomber of a division in the Eastern Theater Command of our army, and the actions were very unfriendly. What is the strength of the Eastern Theater Command Air Force after
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2: The Eastern Theater Command Air Force "Birdgun Replacement"
As the main combat readiness direction, the priority of the Eastern Theater Command replacement is higher than that of other theaters. In the 1990s, the Eastern Theater Command first owned the Su-27SK/UBK fighter jet.
In order to improve the ground strike capabilities of the Eastern Theater Command Air Force, our army gave priority to the "Wang Hai Brigade" of the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Air Force in the United States. That is, a brigade in the Eastern Theater Command today has now been replaced with the J-20 fighter jet.
Today, the "Wang Hai Brigade", "Zhao Baotong Squadron", "Du Fengrui Squadron" and other ace troops in the Eastern Theater Command have been replaced with a new generation of main fighter jets.
Eastern Theater Command Air Force heavy fighter jets account for a very high proportion, because the Eastern Theater Command Air Force has high requirements for the range and bomb load of fighter jets.
Therefore, the J-16 heavy multi-purpose fighter of the Eastern Theater Command of has been replaced with more than 2 brigades. The Su-30MKK, J-16, and J-7A equipped in the theater are all typical heavy fighters and fighter bombers.
Eastern Theater Command Air Force has to undertake a large number of ground attack tasks. Therefore, it is very popular with multi-purpose fighter , which has good ground attack capabilities. The Su-30MKK and the J-16 fighter are both experts in seizing air supremacy and ground strikes.
The PLA's large number of advanced fighter jets have been replaced by the Eastern Theater Command to give unprecedented development in the strength of the Eastern Theater Command Air Force.
The Eastern Theater Command fighter and fighter bombers are larger than those in other theaters and are not willing to lag behind in long-range strike capabilities. The bomber pilot of the Eastern Theater Command Air Force is one of the only three bomber pilots in the entire army.
This bomber is a heroic force on the battlefield of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. It was later awarded the honorary title of "Safe Flight Red Flag Division". is equipped with at least 2 regiments of H6K bombers and 1 regiment of H6M bombers.
This bomber has the ability to fire hundreds of Long Sword-20 cruise missiles at second island chain , while the long-range strike capability of the Taiwan Air Force can only rely on tactical aircraft. There is a qualitative gap between the Eastern Theater Command Air Force.
3: Taiwan Air Force was young and did not meet
20, the Taiwan Air Force obtained the US F-16A/B fighter jet and the legal Mirage 2000 fighter at that time.
These two types of fighter aircraft exceeded 200. At that time, the main fighter aircraft of Nanjing Military Region were J7 and J8. Some flight regiments even used the first generation of J6 fighter .
The main force of the former Nanjing Military Region Air Force could only rely on a small number of Su-27SK and Su-30MKK fighter to fight against the Taiwan Air Force. At this time, the Taiwanese authorities were extremely arrogant with the help of equipment advantages.
They even clamored to "fight abroad" to seek Taiwan's "independence". Objectively speaking, the combat effectiveness of the Taiwan Air Force at that time did have certain strength.
The United States has been sending advanced air force equipment to Taiwan to maintain the combat effectiveness of the Taiwan Air Force, after being strongly countered by the mainland.
The United States dare not take huge risks to send offensive weapons and equipment to the Taiwan authorities. The Taiwan Air Force's F-16A/B fighter fleet has not been updated for a long time, and most of the aircraft have been nearly 20 years old.
The United States' sale of 66 F-16V fighter jets to Taiwan still cannot cover up the embarrassing situation of the Taiwan Air Force's failure to meet. After 2025, most F-16 fighter will face the situation of retirement.
France sold more than 60 Phantom-2000 fighter jets to Taiwan, China's relations with France dropped to freezing point, and we have taken strict countermeasures against France. Since then, no European country dares to sell high-performance fourth-generation fighter jets to the Taiwan authorities again.
Although the Taiwan Air Force has maintained a scale of more than 300 tactical aircraft for a long time, it is indeed doubtful how much role it can play over time.
Facing the new iron fist of the PLA Eastern Theater Command Air Force, Taiwan Air Force has fallen into a desperate situation, but we still need to predict the enemy's lenientness.
4: Never be careless
Although the latest F-16V fighter of the Taiwan Air Force has been replaced with AN/APG-83 active phased array radar and strengthened its electronic warfare capabilities, it still cannot be compared with the performance of the J-16 and J-20 fighters in the Eastern Theater Command after being replaced with AN/APG-83 active phased array radar.
However, the Taiwan Army's F-16V has the ability to launch the Slam-ER air-to-ground missile that introduced the United States. This type of air-to-ground missile has far exceeded the performance of the "Maverick" air-to-ground missile that the Taiwan Army had previously equipped.
This type of missile has a range of up to 270 kilometers, which is more than 10 times that of the "Mavericks" air-to-ground missile. This means that the Taiwan military has the ability to strike targets in depth.
Under the suppression of the PLA aviation troops and ground air defense firepower, the Taiwan Army's F-16V and "Slam ER" air-to-ground missiles have limited roles, but we still need to be cautious.
Otherwise, these fish that missed the net may cause serious losses to in the eastern coastal areas of , and is a situation we don’t want to see.
