DEFENSE / Air Force launches probe into fighter jet's misfiring of flare
05/01/2025 01:07 PM
Taiwan's Air Force said Thursday that it was investigating the accidental firing of a flare from one of its Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) jets the previous day.
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