China-US tensions: Taiwan’s new F-16 service centre is ‘a sign of more open security ties’

The launch of a joint F-16 fighter jet maintenance centre in Taiwan is a step towards Taipei and Washington making their security cooperation more open, in defiance of Beijing, Taiwan military sources and observers said.The facility, a joint project between Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) and Lockheed Martin in Shalu, central Taiwan, opened on Friday, becoming the first F-16 service centre in the Indo-Pacific region.More importantly, observers said, it represented…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3099432/china-us-tensions-taiwans-new-f-16-service-centre-sign-more