Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Timothy Yang, met two members of the U.S. Congress last week to continue pressing for the sale of F-16C/Ds to the island.
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BAE Systems wants to upgrade Taiwan’s F-16s
BAE Systems is hoping that Taipei will open the F-16A/B upgrade to competition instead of giving the entire contract to Lockheed Martin.
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Cornyn threatening to block another Obama nominee over Taiwan F-16
U.S. Senator John Cornyn is threatening to block the nomination of another Obama official over the sale of F-16C/D to Taiwan.
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U.S. House committee to advance bill on Taiwan’s F-16C/Ds
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee plans to advance a bill that would require the Obama administration to sell Taiwan “no fewer than” 66 F-16C/D fighters.
F-16C/Ds for Taiwan not dead yet
The United States has not given up on a plan to sell 66 F-16C/D fighters to Taiwan, the U.S. acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Peter Lavoy said before a House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing.