The United States' conspiracy to instigate the escalation of the situation in the Taiwan Strait has long been well known to everyone. The Taiwan authorities deliberately turned a blind eye, trying to cooperate with the US strategy, and tried to continue to advance in resisting unification with force. There is no good result to eat. No matter from that perspective, air supremacy is of decisive significance to the Taiwan military. For this reason, it has spared no effort to strengthen its air force. However, the delusion of resisting the People's Liberation Army has become a very big burden. The Taiwan military's flight accidents have increased significantly since this year. The most recent one was on November 25. When an E-2K early warning aircraft tried to land at the airport of Pingtung base at 11:8 noon, it found that the landing gear failure could not be deployed normally. It could only choose to land on the belly of the aircraft and finally rushed out of the runway.
Taiwan Army's E-2K rushed out of the runway
The crew members were safe during this forced landing, and there were no casualties, which is not good news for Taiwan Army . There are only 6 early warning aircrafts of owned by the Taiwan Army, and one-sixth of the loss is suddenly lost. During the emergency landing, the tail of the aircraft friction with the ground and caught fire, and the early warning aircraft body was also seriously damaged. It may have escaped scrapping, but long-term overhaul is the most basic price. There is currently no definite statement about the cause of the accident, and the Taiwan military has also established a special investigation committee.
Taiwan Army does not have an aircraft carrier, mainly acting as a land-based eagle strike
The early warning aircraft is numbered: 2503, belongs to the Sixth Regiment of the Taiwan Air Force and is stationed at the Pingtung base. The E-2K early warning aircraft is a model of the E-2 early warning aircraft family. It was discovered by E-2C and is a special model for the Taiwan military. The performance of the aircraft is listed as "confidential", but in fact there is no secret. The same aircraft is not only used in large quantities by the US military, but also exported to many countries. It is just that the Taiwanese media is a bit mysterious and deliberately renders its performance, but it is nothing surprising. It is just a carrier-based early warning aircraft with a low speed. The detection distance of radar exceeds 300 kilometers, not the legendary 700 kilometers. No early warning aircraft dares to claim that it can detect targets 500 kilometers away. The incident of
has also attracted the attention of foreign media. The Indian media Eurasian Times conducted a summary investigation and found that in the past year, there have been 6 very serious accidents in Taiwan military aircraft. In addition to the fall of E-2K this time, several serious accidents were also involved.
F-16V ground bombing training, fell into the sea
At 14:55 pm on January 11, 2022, an F-16V fighter lost contact near the Shuixi shooting range while performing ground aviation artillery shooting training. The aircraft took off from the southern Chiayi Air Force Base for routine training, and finally confirmed that it would fall into the sea on the west side of the north embankment of Aogu Wetland.
Not to mention that the Taiwan military has lost a lot of helicopters in recent years
At 11:29 am on March 14, an Phantom 2000 fighter suddenly disappeared from the radar, and finally determined the outer sea airspace of Chiayi, Taitung, 10 nautical miles away from Taiwan. The pilot on board Lieutenant Colonel Huang Chongkai successfully parachutes and before the plane crashes, and was successfully rescued.
May 31 news, an AT-3 trainer took off at 8:3 am and disappeared from the radar at 8:8 in just 5 minutes. It was later confirmed that it crashed in Tiancuo, Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, and the flight cadet Xu Dajun on the plane died. At that time, a total of 5 AT3 trainers were in training, and only 4 were returned safely.
AT-3 wreckage after the crash
On March 22, 2021, a batch of 4 F-5 fighter jets taken off from Taitung Zhihang Base took off at 2:30 pm. After heading to Pingtung Jiadong Shooting Range to perform basic ground bomb shooting training courses, two of the F-5Es collided, causing two pilots to die and disappear.
Taiwan Army's F-16 has always had a high accident rate
In addition, on November 17, 2020, an F-16 crashed in Hualien Airport Northeast, and the whereabouts of the pilot on board were unknown.
If you analyze it briefly, the F-16V that was dropped at the beginning of this year was a modernized and upgraded F-16V. It was once boasted that it could challenge the J-20. However, after the Taiwan Army held the launch ceremony of the aircraft on November 18, 2021, the first fall was completed in just 54 days.The Phantom 2000 that fell in March was the main fighter jet of the Taiwan Army. This is the eighth Phantom 2000 fighter jet that the Taiwan Army has dropped since 1999. Currently, only 54 Phantom 2000 are left. The AT-3 trainer jet that fell in May set a record of quick counterattacks. As for the earlier F-5 fighter crash, it was a very rare air impact.
Indians believe that it is the PLA's approaching deterrent pressure, which makes the Taiwanese military flight officers too tired
When talking about the reasons for the crash of these fighter jets, the Indian media Eurasian Times suspected that the PLA's approaching deterrent pressure and smoothing out the so-called "middle line of the strait" activities were too intensive, and the Taiwan Strait battle patrol was carried out almost every day. Because whenever the PLA fighter jets appeared, the Taiwan military fighter had to take off and monitor, causing the Taiwanese military flight officers to be exhausted. There are too many such flights. The air force comparison between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is completely unequal. According to reports from Russian media, the PLA has more than 1,700 advanced fighter jets.
At present, the Taiwan Army is in a state of poverty in dealing with the People's Liberation Army. Taking this year's first fall as an example, the suspect that the reason for the fall may be related to pilot Captain Chen Yi, a novice pilot with a total flight hours of only 321.5 hours. He only started flying the F-16 fighter in 2020, and only 60.5 hours of flight hours in the F-16V. According to normal standards, each pilot's annual flight hours must be at least 120 hours, so according to his records, it is obvious that the standards have not been met at all.
PLA has its advantages in both training and modeling.
The Phantom 2000 crash in March was directly considered to be related to the PLA. According to Taiwanese media, the aircraft was monitoring and performing surveillance missions at that time, which may be related to fatigue driving.
The state of active military aircraft of Taiwan military is very unsatisfactory. The F-16 and Phantom 2000 were basically put into service in the 1990s, and their current status is no longer ideal. Among them, the attendance rate of this type of aircraft is not low due to logistical support and other reasons. The actual number of aircraft that can be used is only maintained at the level of more than 20 aircraft. The collision of the F-5E fighter is also a matter of concern. This fighter is of the same age as the MiG21. It has been in service for decades. The Taiwan military is still using the old models to maintain its air force. The fighter jets that are obviously going to be eliminated must still fly. This shows the problem. The essence is to seek to drop the aircraft.
Still counting on F-16V to fight against J-20?
Now Taiwanese military pilots are flying quite unreliable fighter jets, which is a normal situation to cause frequent flight accidents. This is the effect of the Taiwan military trying to resist the unification with force, which can be regarded as a sacrifice for the United States and eventually took the life of its pilot.
