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We have received news that former Lockheed U-2 pilot Wang Hsi-chueh passed away in February this year. Wang was famous for defecting to China by hijacking China Airlines Flight 334 on May 3, 1986.
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One of the key Taiwanese who help to develop the Hsiung Feng I anti-ship missile was Chiang Hsiao Kun. In this video, Chiang gave an insight into some of the difficulties encountered during the missile’s development. The missile was reverse-engineered from the Israeli Gabriel Mk 1.
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NASA has announced that it will soon retire the last flying S-3 Viking. The aircraft is being used for flight research at the Glenn Research Center.
On this day 10 years ago, the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) commissioned six Saab JAS 39C/D fighters and the 340 Airborne Early Warning aircraft into service at Wing 7, Surat Thani.
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