Taiwanese media reported that amid heated US-Chinese conflict over Taiwan and other places, US authorities have unveiled a picture of an F-16 fighter with a Taiwanese pilot on board receiving air refueling in the US.

According to Binguilbo et al., the US Embassy in Taiwan, the US Re-Taiwan Association, released a photo on Facebook yesterday (27th) of a Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet undergoing aerial refueling training at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona.

Taiwanese media say US officials are the first to show that Taiwanese Air Force units are being trained in the United States.

The Binfruit Daily reported that Taiwan signed a Penghuang contract to purchase 150 F-16A/B-types in the United States in 1992, and that it decided to leave the F-16s in the United States for training and training for Taiwanese pilots every year.

He added that the F-16 fighter's seal left in the United States was identical to that of the American aircraft, fearing China's protests advocating the principle of “one China”.

(Photo = AIT Facebook capture, Yonhap News)