{"id":31931312,"date":"2026-11-09T11:16:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T10:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/taiwan-f-16-block-70-second-batch-three-jets-taitung-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T14:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T13:18:43","slug":"taiwan-f-16-block-70-second-batch-three-jets-taitung-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/taiwan-f-16-block-70-second-batch-three-jets-taitung-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan F-16 Block 70: Second Batch of Three Jets Lands in Taitung"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\r\n\r\n<style>\r\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid 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The first to land, tail number 6732, carried a Republic of China flag spread across its cockpit. The last one in, 6731, had a pilot with a message for the crowd.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>As that jet taxied past, the pilot flashed a hand gesture for the number &ldquo;21&rdquo;, which airmen on the ground recognised as the signature of the 21st Fighter Squadron, the Taipei Times reported. Sources told the paper the pilot was Chiang Hui-yu, a 2014 Air Force Academy graduate and one of Taiwan&rsquo;s first female F-16 pilots.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The three jets, serials 6729, 6731 and 6732, are the second batch of new-build F-16V Block 70s for the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/republic-of-china-air-force\/\">Republic of China Air Force<\/a>, the Air Force Command Headquarters confirmed in a statement carried by Taiwan&rsquo;s Central News Agency. They bring the number delivered to five of the 66 that Taiwan ordered.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6f9;border:1px solid #e2e7ee;padding:18px 22px;margin:22px 0 26px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#0d1117\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px\"><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> Three single-seat F-16V Block 70s, serials 6729, 6731 and 6732<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Arrival:<\/strong> Chihhang Air Base, Taitung, about 11:00 on Sunday 8 November 2026<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Route:<\/strong> Greenville, South Carolina; Fort Worth; Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (4 November); Taitung<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Delivered:<\/strong> Five of 66 (first two arrived 2 October 2026)<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Order:<\/strong> 66 F-16Vs approved in 2019, about US$8 billion<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Original schedule:<\/strong> 2023 to end-2026<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Greenville to Taitung in six days<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>This delivery moved far faster than the first. According to the Taipei Times, the jets rolled off Lockheed Martin&rsquo;s production line in Greenville, South Carolina, were moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and on Wednesday 4 November flew to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii with aerial refuelling tankers alongside. From there they continued west to Taiwan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Taiwanese spotters had tracked them all the way. A military enthusiast Facebook page reported the departure from South Carolina on Tuesday 3 November, Taiwan News reported, and Defence Minister Wellington Koo told reporters on Friday 6 November that the jets would arrive soon. On Saturday the Air Force invited the press to a filming session at Chihhang, which all but confirmed the date.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0 8px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3DBJEepA0qA\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;font-style:italic;margin:0 0 24px\">Focus Taiwan (CNA) footage of the second batch of F-16V Block 70 jets arriving in Taiwan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Compare that with the first pair. Jets 6727 and 6728 left Texas on 17 August and then sat at Hickam for about six weeks before finally reaching Chihhang on 2 October, as Afterburner reported in <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/taiwan-f-16-block-70-first-jets-land-chihhang-2026\/\">Taiwan F-16 Block 70: First Two Jets Land After Six Weeks in Hawaii<\/a>. Inspections and the scheduling of tanker support were blamed for that delay.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/chihhang-air-base-taitung-overview.jpg\" alt=\"View over Chihhang Air Base and its runway in Taitung on Taiwan&rsquo;s Pacific coast\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Chihhang Air Base in Taitung County, southeastern Taiwan, where both batches of new F-16 Block 70s have landed (photo from 2014). Photo: JianEn Yu \/ CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A promise kept<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>When the first two jets arrived in October, Koo made clear they would not be the last of the year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><div><em>&ldquo;Of course we won&rsquo;t only have delivered these two [F-16Vs] by the end of the year.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Wellington Koo<\/strong> &mdash; Taiwan&rsquo;s Minister of National Defence, quoted as the first F-16V Block 70s arrived, October 2026 (via Al Jazeera, AFP and Reuters)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Five weeks later, the second batch is on the ramp. Taipei Times sources describe all three as single-seat aircraft, matching the first pair. The Air Force said it would now proceed with familiarisation training as it integrates the jets, gradually building up their initial operational capability.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Block 70 belongs to the newest production generation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16 Fighting Falcon<\/a>. Beyond the new-build airframe, the ferry jets carry conformal fuel tanks along the upper fuselage, which free up underwing stations, and can take three extra external tanks for long transits, the Taipei Times noted.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Three years late and catching up<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Washington approved the sale of 66 F-16Vs and related equipment in 2019, for about US$8 billion. Deliveries were meant to start in 2023 and be completed by the end of 2026. The relocation and restart of Lockheed Martin&rsquo;s production line, the COVID-19 pandemic and supply-chain disruption all pushed the timetable back, the Taipei Times reported, while CNA cites technical issues.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/rocaf-f-16v-escort-presidential-flight-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Four Republic of China Air Force F-16V fighters flying in formation beside an airliner wing\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Upgraded Taiwanese F-16Vs (Block 20) escort President Lai Ching-te&rsquo;s aircraft on 30 November 2024. The new-build Block 70s join this rebuilt fleet. Photo: Wang Yu Ching \/ Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan) \/ CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The new jets join a fleet Taiwan already calls the F-16V: the older F-16A\/Bs that Lockheed Martin and Taiwan&rsquo;s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation upgraded to Block 20 standard under the Phoenix Rising programme, completed in December 2023, according to Taiwan News. The new-build Block 70s are bought under a separate programme, Peace Phoenix Soaring, budgeted at NT$247.23 billion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Five down, 61 to go. If the Greenville-to-Taitung pipeline keeps running at this week&rsquo;s pace rather than the summer&rsquo;s, the ramp at Chihhang is about to get a lot more crowded.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Sources: Focus Taiwan (CNA), Taipei Times, Taiwan News, Anadolu Agency (via UA.News), Al Jazeera<\/em><\/p>\r\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\r\n\r\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\r\n\r\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\r\n\r\n\r\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>When did Taiwan receive its second batch of F-16 Block 70 jets?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Taiwan&rsquo;s second batch of F-16V Block 70 fighters landed at Chihhang Air Base in Taitung County at about 11 a.m. on Sunday 8 November 2026, according to the Republic of China Air Force. The batch of three followed the first two jets, which arrived on 2 October 2026.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How many F-16 Block 70s has Taiwan received?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Taiwan has received five F-16V Block 70 fighters out of the 66 it ordered. Two jets, serials 6727 and 6728, arrived on 2 October 2026, and three more, serials 6729, 6731 and 6732, landed at Chihhang Air Base in Taitung on 8 November 2026.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Where are Taiwan&rsquo;s new F-16 Block 70s based?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Both batches of Taiwan&rsquo;s new F-16V Block 70 fighters landed at Chihhang Air Base in Taitung County, on Taiwan&rsquo;s southeastern Pacific coast. The Air Force said it would carry out familiarisation training there as it integrates the jets and builds up their initial operational capability.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How did the F-16 Block 70s fly from the US to Taiwan?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">According to the Taipei Times, the second batch of F-16 Block 70s left Lockheed Martin&rsquo;s plant in Greenville, South Carolina, moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and flew to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii on 4 November with aerial refuelling tankers before continuing to Taiwan, arriving on 8 November.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Why is Taiwan&rsquo;s F-16 Block 70 order delayed?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Taiwan&rsquo;s 66 F-16V Block 70s were approved in 2019 for about US$8 billion and were meant to be delivered from 2023 to the end of 2026. The relocation and restart of Lockheed Martin&rsquo;s production line, the COVID-19 pandemic and supply-chain disruption pushed the schedule back, the Taipei Times reported.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What is the difference between Taiwan&rsquo;s F-16V Block 20 and Block 70?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Taiwan calls both types F-16V. The Block 20 jets are older F-16A\/Bs upgraded by Lockheed Martin and Taiwan&rsquo;s AIDC under the Phoenix Rising programme, completed in December 2023. 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