In mid 1973, the US military recommended withdrawl of 47 F-5A from VNAF for repairs and treatment of heavy corrosions. By August, these aircraft were in storage at Bien Hoa. Heavy corrosion…
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F-5A/B Freedom Fighter (Part 1)
Among all the jet fighter ROCAF, the F-5A and F-5B are arguably the types that have drawn the least public attention. This is probably because they had never seen combat in their…
Early Photos of ROCAF P2V-7U （我國空軍P2V-7U早期的照片）
The above photo, taken on December 17, 1957, should be one of the very first photos of the P2V-7U (a.k.a. RB-69A) operated by ROCAF. The photo, despite the poor quality due to…
Reconnaissance Aircraft Received from US （我國經由美援獲得的偵察機）
The following is a listing of the numbers of reconnaissance aircraft Taiwan received from the US since 1950, compiled from the Military Assistance Program System Master File. Although many aviation researchers/historians here…
Photos of Hsinchu AFB in 1957-1958
The above photo is from a declassified USAF/CIA document titled USAF Organizational Maintenance Handbook: Hsin Chu Air Base, Taiwan 1957-58. In fact, it is a photo album with photos related to the ROCAF 34th…
News Flash: F-5F Crashed in Chiayi County
An F-5F from the 737th TFW at Taitung AFB crashed in a rice paddy near Chiayi AFB at about 0730 hrs this morning. Of the two-men crew, Lt. Col. 周偉傑 was killed, while Lt….
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (or Shuang Cheng Tzu Missile Center)
Bryan asked about the installation northeast of China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (酒泉衛星發射中心) in the post about Chinese replica of CCK AFB. Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, aka Eastwind Space Campus (東風太空城), was…
F-5E/F Instrument Panels
I was surprised by the number of viewers drawn by the post F-5’s New Paint Scheme?. It seems many people are still interested in this veteran aircraft. So I am posting some…
New Paint Scheme for F-5?
These two F-5E at CCK AFB have adopted IDF’s paint scheme on their nose sections. So is ROCAF unifying the paint scheme for its fighters? A closer look reveals that they…
Site Update
ROCAF F-CK-1 IDF page has been updated with photos taken at CCK Openhouse on 05/27.