Experts call for rethink after large number of fatal Air Force crashes

On the afternoon on Jan. 11, a newly-upgraded F-16V fighter jet piloted by 27-year-old Captain Chen Yi (陳奕) disappeared from radar screens about 30 minutes after it took off from southwestern Chiayi air base on a routine training mission.

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