Taiwan deploys one squadron of IDFs closer to China

Each year, between April and September, the RoCAF will deploy a squadron of fighter aircraft to Magong airport in Penghu islands, west of Taiwan.

F-CK-1A 1427 Flight Demonstration in Ching Chuang Kang AFB 20140719e
By 玄史生 (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

This year, the indigenous IDF fighter is deployed there to shorten the reaction time against any potential incoming aircraft from mainland China and for training purposes.