MILITARY● ELEVATEDAug 25 · Aug 25, 2026, 12:41 PM
Can Taiwan’s new F-16s level the playing field against the PLA’s J-20 stealth fighters?
South China Morning Post
Taiwan’s first two F-16 Block 70 fighter jets from the United States are expected to arrive within days, with some analysts saying the improved models could give Taipei better odds against the People’s Liberation Army’s fifth-generation J-20 fighters. The jets will be the first deliveries under a long-delayed NT$247.3 billion (US$7.76 billion) deal for 66 aircraft. The two fighters, numbered 6727 and 6728, left a production facility in South Carolina on August 17. They stopped in Hawaii on...
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