Taiwan suspends F-16 fleet combat training after jet crashes into sea
by Vincent Ni and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#5TWZJ)
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Taiwan's air force has suspended combat training for its F-16 fleet after a recently upgraded model of the fighter jet crashed into the sea in the latest of a series of fatal accidents.
The island's air force announced earlier that an F-16 fighter jet went missing over the sea off western Taiwan on Tuesday afternoon, 30 minutes after it took off from the southern Chiayi air base for routine training.
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