Taiwan Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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IMO none of these reports are real. Modern PRC use $15 mil to buy an old CH-47????
Rumor has it a patriotic Taiwanese business owner living in the PRC offered 15 million dollars for the pilot to defect.
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Here is an interesting list of ROC pilot defection to Mainland China from 1955 to 1989, as per wikipedia.
- On 12 January 1955, Major Xao Long defected to the People's Republic of China with his crew, on board a transport plane.
- On 23 February 1955, Two cadets defected with training plane.
- On 18 May 1955, pilot Lieutenant Hui Wei attempted to defect in his but crash landed just inside .
- On 15 August 1956, Major Gang Huang, an instructor pilot, defected to the with his trainer aircraft numbered 106.
- On 1 June 1963, Tingze Xu, a pilot in the 43 Squadron, defected to the People's Republic of China in a . In doing so, he took off from , and landed at Longtian, , PRC. The aircraft is now on display in the Military Museum of Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing.
- On 26 May 1969, two pilots defected to the People's Republic of China with trainer aircraft serialled 3024. The crew were later identified as instructor pilot Wang Tianming and cadet Zhu Jingrong. The aircraft is now on display in the Military Museum of Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing.
- On August 8, 1981, Major Huang Zhi Cheng (黄值诚), an instructor pilot, defected to the with his serial 5361. He obtained a reward of US$370,000 (sum immediately returned) and was nominated Deputy Commander of a pilot training school. According to the Chinese government he was the 90th member of the Nationalist forces to defect by plane since 1949.
- On 22 April 1983, Li Dawei (李大维), flying a , defected from the Republic of China to the People's Republic of China. The aircraft is now on display in the Military Museum of Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing.
- On 4 May 1986, Wang Xijue (王锡爵), a commercial airline pilot who claimed to have flown recon overflights of the PRC with the , with his jet.
- On 2 November 1989, the pilot of a Taiwan Air Force (serial #5120), Lin Xianshun (林贤顺), ejected 80 km inside the province of mainland China; the pilotless jet careened down and crashed. Its remains are put on show at the Chinese People's Revolution Museum at Xiaotangshan (Datangshan).
Follow-up news on the AIDC T-5 Brave Eagle
Translation of part of the article
A pilot's interview, which was made public, detailed the events as follows: At an altitude of approximately 2,000 feet (about 600 meters), and an airspeed of around 300 miles per hour (300 knots, equivalent to 555 kilometers per hour), there was a noticeable loss of thrust. This was indicated by the engine instruments, which showed a continuous decrease in all readings, accompanied by the disappearance of information on the screen display. The pilot then declared "MAYDAY" twice before choosing to eject. The pilot, Lin Wei, had a total of 1,184 flight hours, with 183 hours on the Yongying advanced trainer aircraft. Prior to the flight, he passed the aircrew medical examination, aviation physiology, and survival training. The left engine had the serial number 7X0077, with a usage time of 251 hours, while the right engine had the serial number 7X0076, with a usage time of 252 hours. Since the aircraft's and engines' manufacture, there have been no major faults. So far, the left aileron fixed wing, and the left aileron's have been recovered, but the black box has not yet been salvaged. It is inferred that the complete failure of the electrical system may have caused the engine and instrument panel to fail.
Translation of part of the article
A pilot's interview, which was made public, detailed the events as follows: At an altitude of approximately 2,000 feet (about 600 meters), and an airspeed of around 300 miles per hour (300 knots, equivalent to 555 kilometers per hour), there was a noticeable loss of thrust. This was indicated by the engine instruments, which showed a continuous decrease in all readings, accompanied by the disappearance of information on the screen display. The pilot then declared "MAYDAY" twice before choosing to eject. The pilot, Lin Wei, had a total of 1,184 flight hours, with 183 hours on the Yongying advanced trainer aircraft. Prior to the flight, he passed the aircrew medical examination, aviation physiology, and survival training. The left engine had the serial number 7X0077, with a usage time of 251 hours, while the right engine had the serial number 7X0076, with a usage time of 252 hours. Since the aircraft's and engines' manufacture, there have been no major faults. So far, the left aileron fixed wing, and the left aileron's have been recovered, but the black box has not yet been salvaged. It is inferred that the complete failure of the electrical system may have caused the engine and instrument panel to fail.
Approximately 80 people were found to have evaded military service.
Translation of part of the article
Artist Wang Mainland, 33, was arrested today on suspicion of evading military service. It is understood that in order to evade military service, Wang Mainland paid a special group NT$1 million. Following the group’s suggestion, he pretended to have a heart problem and deceived a doctor into issuing a medical diagnosis certificate to avoid conscription.
Translation of part of the article
Artist Wang Mainland, 33, was arrested today on suspicion of evading military service. It is understood that in order to evade military service, Wang Mainland paid a special group NT$1 million. Following the group’s suggestion, he pretended to have a heart problem and deceived a doctor into issuing a medical diagnosis certificate to avoid conscription.
With a name like that you’d think he be more careful.
That name seems like 100% trolling, Taiwanese love changing their names, remember the free sushi name change stories a few years back?
1450s contribute to massive anti-Taiwan sentiments in the mainland so I think cutting back on them is a good thing.