PoliticsTaiwan receives first two F-16V Block 70 jets as Lai calls delivery key air-defense advance

Taiwan received its first two F-16V Block 70 fighter jets, numbered 6727 and 6728, at Chihhang Air Base in Taitung on October 2 after ordering 66 aircraft in 2019. President Lai Ching-te called the delivery important progress in strengthening Taiwan’s air-defense capabilities and its resolve to defend itself and secure peace through strength.