Taiwan’s air force said Monday it was searching for an F-16 fighter jet that went missing at the start of annual live-fire drills. The single-seat jet disappeared off the radar over mountainous terrain in the northeastern county of Keelung at 13:43 pm (0543 GMT), 34 minutes after take off, the air force said in a statement. It added that it was making “all efforts” to search for the missing pilot, Major Wu Yen-ting. Taiwan’s defence ministry has said the main goal of the drill is to counter any future Chinese military mission to the island. It held live-fire drills in April in the Taiwan Strait — the narrow waterway separating the Chinese mainland from Taiwan — following weeks of naval manoeuvres in the area.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 04, 2018 08:37 UTC