President Tsai Ing-wen sits in the cockpit of a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during a visit to the National Airborne Services Corps in Kaohsiung yesterday. Photo: Chang Yi-chen, Taipei TimesThe corps has a fourfold mission: disaster response, emergency response, medical evacuation and topographical survey. Corps personnel have heroically discharged their duties, Tsai said. The decision to go “heavy” was informed by budgetary concerns, aircraft payload capabilities, and the 3rd Brigade’s mission and area of responsibility, it added. The first helicopters were delivered in 2016 and deployed to the 2nd Brigade, while the 3rd Brigade’s six helicopters were that order’s final delivery.

Source: Taipei Times December 18, 2020 15:56 UTC