Taiwan military confirms that an F-16 fighter jet was lost during a night training exercise off Hualien.

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense confirmed on November 17 that an F-16 fighter jet, No. 6672, took off from the night flight training in Hualien at 6:05 p.m. and disappeared off the coast of Hualien at 6:07 p.m. Its radar spot disappeared at 6:07 p.m., and it has now notified the Coast Guard of its search and rescue mission.

The Central News Agency (CNA) quoted multiple sources as saying that the aircraft’s radar spot disappeared 8 NM off the northeast coast of Hualien Airport, and that the pilot on board was 44-year-old Colonel Jiang Zhengzhi. The Taiwan Air Force set up a response center headed by Vice Commander Lt. Gen.

So far, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense Black Hawk search and rescue aircraft and Navy S-70C anti-submarine aircraft have been involved in the search and rescue, and the Coast Guard has also sent additional ships to the scene, and asked Fisheries Radio and Keelung Coastal Radio to broadcast nearby ships to assist in the search.