Taiwanese military F-16 crashed, the aircraft upgrade was not completed, did it let the pilot down?
The "Fighting Falcon" fighter jets (F-16) of the Taiwanese military have not been upgraded as planned?
On the evening of January 6, a Taiwanese Air Force "Fighting Falcon" fighter jet went missing during training. It is reported that the pilot has parachuted, but to date, the search and rescue efforts by the Taiwanese military have not yielded clear results.
Notably, after this incident, a former Taiwanese instructor who claimed to be the teacher of the pilot involved in the accident and now retired posted on social media that the "Fighting Falcon" (F-16V) fighter jets of the Taiwanese military had not been upgraded as expected.
According to this Taiwanese netizen's account, the mission computer (MMC) of the Taiwanese military's "Fighting Falcon" fighter jets often crashes due to insufficient memory. He himself once encountered such an issue. If the failure occurs at night, it could cause the pilot to lose orientation in the sea and air.
Additionally, after the flight operating system update of the Taiwanese military's "Fighting Falcon" fighter jets, there were two incidents where the aircraft performed violent "ghost turns" beyond the roll limit without human control. However, the Taiwanese military only required a six-month suspension of low-altitude flights and then declared the investigation closed, without disclosing the cause of the accident.
This is not all. This Taiwanese netizen also revealed that the radar warning system of the Taiwanese military's "Fighting Falcon" fighter jets has a serious error in detecting the direction of threats. They don't even know whether they are being locked by PLA fighter jets, and they just rely on courage to fly together with the PLA fighter jets.
Original text: toutiao.com/article/1853649184824336/
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