Two U.S. F/A-18s made an emergency landing in Taiwan

Taiwan’s military has confirmed that two U.S. F/A-18s made an emergency landing at Tainan Airport today at 13:19 local time.

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By JJLatWiki at en.wikipedia, 6 December 2006 (original upload date) [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons

An unverified photo shows one of the aircraft as a F/A-18C from VMFA-332, out of MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.

Update

TV station CTTV said the two jets approached Taiwan from the south and were escorting a electronic warfare jet when one of the Hornets developed an engine problem. Both aircraft have been towed to a hangar at Tainan airport.

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