data map: Taiwan’s F-5E fighter
According to Taiwan’s Air Force data, the F-5E fighter number 5261 that crashed that day had been out of factory for nearly 40 years and had a flight time of 6,260 hours. This also triggered the outside world as to whether the age of the aircraft was the cause of the accident. attention.
In response to media reports such as "F-5 was originally scheduled to be eliminated in 2019, and the Yongying aircraft was delayed and forced to continue to fly", "F-5E/F models are old and barely extend their life, leading to accidents," the Taiwan Air Force said The relevant reports are misunderstood and inconsistent with the facts. The Taiwan Air Force stated that the flight time of the F-5 fighter jet did not exceed the original factory regulations. The "Yongying" higher education aircraft delivered in mass production from next year will gradually take over the work of the F-5 trainer, and the F-5 fighter jet will be in 2024. All retired. At present, the implementation progress of the new higher education machines is promoted according to the plan. The machines will be mass-produced and delivered in 2021, and the F5E/F machines will be replaced successively according to the plan, which is expected to be completed in 2024.
data map: Taiwan’s F-5E fighter
Air Force also stated that Taiwan’s military had completed the structural strengthening of the F-5 fighter aircraft from 1994 to 2000. In 2004, the original US factory assessed and responded that the single-seat aircraft ( F-5E) has 14,779 hours of flight life, and two-seater (F-5F) is 30,000 hours. At present, the average flying hours of the Taiwan Air Force F-5 fighter jets is 7,825 hours, which has not exceeded the original US regulations. The air force of
stated that it has been regularly performing structural inspections of F-5 fighters in accordance with regulations to ensure the smooth execution of various flight training tasks. The Taiwan military also emphasized that after investigation, there are still 26 countries (regions) in the world that are still using F-5 fighters (sic), and there is no old problem.
Data map: Pilot Zhu Guanluo died in the crash
However, according to earlier reports from Taiwan media, the mother of the pilot Zhu Guanluo went to Taitung funeral home yesterday afternoon to meet her son for the last time and revealed that 29-year-old Zhu Guanluo had complained at home, F- The 5E fighter is old enough to be thrown in the garbage dump, and I have to sit in the driver's seat every day and drive the old fighter to go out of missions. I have to bear such pressure every day, and said that "F-5 will have problems sooner or later!" , The nightmare he was worried about happened.
