Taiwan Army F5 fighter
@锐看Taiwan reports. Taiwan Air Force Seventh Wing Pilot Zhu Guanzheng piloted an F-5E fighter plane yesterday morning. Unfortunately, he was killed off the coast of Taitung. According to air force data, the F-5E fighter plane numbered "5261" was delivered In the past 40 years, the number of flight hours was 6,260 hours. Whether the age of the aircraft was the cause of the accident has attracted attention. However, the military emphasized that the number of flight hours of the Air Force F-5 fighter jets has not exceeded the original factory specifications. The "Yongying" higher education aircraft that will be mass-produced next year will gradually take over the work of the F-5 training aircraft. It will be eliminated in 2024.
The Taiwan Air Force issued a press release last night, stating that the current implementation progress of the new higher education aircraft is on schedule and will be mass-produced and delivered in 2021. The army will gradually replace F5E/F aircraft according to the plan, and it is expected to be in 2024. carry out.
The Taiwan Air Force stated that during 2000, the Air Force had completed the structural strengthening of the F5 aircraft. In 2004, the original factory evaluated and replied that the single-seat aircraft (F-5E) had a lifetime of 14,779 hours; the two-seater aircraft (F -5F) is 30,000 hours. The current average flight hours of the Air Force F5 aircraft is 7825 hours, which does not exceed the original specifications of the United States.
Taiwan Air Force stated that the Air Force regularly conducts structural inspections of F-5 aircraft in accordance with technical orders to ensure the smooth execution of various flight training tasks. After investigation, there are still 26 countries in the world that are still in normal use, and there is no old problem.