F-5 fighter jets are expected to be phased out next year.

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[Reporter Tu Jumin/Report from Taipei] The national army is implementing the "National Manufacturing of Higher Education Aircraft" project to purchase 66 "Yongying" higher education aircraft, and gradually replace AT-3 higher education aircraft as training for the Ministry Among them, the F-5E/F fighters that have served in Taiwan for nearly 50 years will be retired next year.

In the budget unfreezing report recently submitted by the Air Force to the Legislative Yuan, it was mentioned that the follow-up use of F-5E/F fighters will be reviewed as a "bait machine" next to the airport runway, and it will be given to civilian exhibitions and teaching in schools. use.

The F-5E/F "Tiger II" fighter is now the main model of the Seventh Wing of the Air Force. From 1973 to 1982, my country purchased 336 aircraft from the United States and entered service in 1974. It is not only the "second generation aircraft" of the Air Force (Jingguo, Mirage 2000, F-16 fighter) was the main model before entering service, and because this model was jointly produced by Taiwan and the United States, it laid the foundation for the Air Force Aviation Industry Development Center (now Hanxiang Corporation) to produce supersonic fighters.



There are only more than 40 F-5E/F fighters used as military training aircraft, and they are the last assessment level before pilots of the Air Force fly the main fighters.

Considering that the F-5E/F fighter jets are quite old, after the government decided to develop the "Yongying Higher Education Aircraft", the F-5E/F fighter jets will be included in the list of replacements. The national army is expected to complete the elimination operation by the end of next year. .



Regarding the follow-up use of F-5E/F fighters, the Air Force gave the answer in the budget unfreezing report recently sent to the Legislative Yuan. In the future, it will give priority to reviewing the use of decoy aircraft, that is, park around the airports to lure the enemy to achieve the goal of deceiving the enemy. effect.

The Air Force stated that the Air Force has reviewed the quantity of this type of aircraft that has no follow-up demand. In the future, in accordance with the "Regulations on the Operation of Waste and Inapplicable Materials of the National Army", it will review the donations to private exhibitions, or school units for teaching purposes, and improve the preservation of cultural relics and educational functions.

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Although the F-5E/F fighter is about to be phased out, in order to ensure the safety of the pilot's mission when the fighter is counting down the service life, the Air Force will purchase the "Mk16" ejection chair from Martin Baker in 2021. After the completion of the installation work, the new ejection chair will be refitted on the new generation of primary trainer aircraft and other military aircraft after the F-5E/F fighter is decommissioned.



After the elimination of F-5E/F fighter jets, the Air Force revealed that it will give priority to reviewing them as "bait planes" next to airport runways in the future.

(File photo, photo by reporter Wu Shuwei)

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