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Taiwan receives first two long-delayed US F-16V fighter jets
The Hindu5h
THE BRIEF
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Taiwan received the first two of 65 F-16V Block 70 fighter jets ordered from the United States following years of delays, with the aircraft landing at Chihhang Air Base in Taitung.
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The 2019 order accounts for USD 8 billion or about 25 percent of a total backlogged US arms shipment list worth nearly USD 30 billion.
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The delivery comes while the island awaits US approval for an additional USD 14 billion arms package that stalled after a meeting between US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping.