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Day: December 27, 2017

American pilots now in Taiwan to test 4 upgraded F-16Vs; AIM-9X Block II delivery next year

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A report by Taiwan’s Storm Media says Aerospace Industrial Development Corp’s (AIDC) has finished the modernization of four Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) F-16s to the V-model and American test pilots have arrived on the island to carry out ground testing.

Taiwan F-16 Debate - Flickr - Al Jazeera English
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For a start, Japan wants JS Izumo to be able to refuel USMC F-35Bs

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Yomiuri Shimbun says Japan is planning to refit the Izumo-class helicopter destroyers so that it can operate as a floating refueling carrier for American F-35Bs.

DDH-183いずも型護衛艦
By Kaijō Jieitai （海上自衛隊 / Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force） (http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/jmp/201612.html) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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