After a day of intense searching, the wreckage of the Taiwan military's F-16V fighter jet that fell into the sea has been found, but the whereabouts of the pilot are still unknown. It's just that there are some strange noises on the island today that divert attention, but when you think about it, I'm afraid it's all high-level black...
The Taiwan military announced on the 12th that local fishermen have successively found a number of pieces of debris and umbrella bags on the beach 1 km outside the outpost on the north bank of the East Shi'aogu Wetland in Jia County, confirming that the F-16V that fell into the sea should have disintegrated; Taiwan's "Ministry of National Defense" also reported at 11:19 that the wreckage of the aircraft body had been found, but no pilot was found.
The F-16 fighter, numbered 6650, flew with the PLA Bomber-6 bomber
Although the follow-up search and investigation work is still continuing, some voices of public opinion have emerged in the Taiwan media. First, the media on the island found that the F-16 fighter with the number 6650 had carried out the task of "accompanying the PLA Bomber-6 bomber" in 2018, but at that time, it was a senior pilot of the Taiwan Air Force who flew this key task, not The Captain Pilot Chen Yi of the crash. Taiwan media particularly emphasized that Chen Yi's cumulative flight hours totaled 321 hours and 50 minutes, and the number of hours and hours of flying the F-16 model was 60 hours and 5 minutes.
Then, Zhang Yanting, a retired lieutenant general and "deputy commander of the Air Force" in front of the station, began to throw the pot, claiming that it was "a common aircraft frequently disturbing the station, affecting the training hours of the pilot officers (pilots)." ”
Zhang Yanting, who was the former principal of the Taiwan Air Force Academy, claimed that Chen Yi has been flying for 4 and a half years since graduation, and theoretically should have flown for 500 to 600 hours, but his flight hours are only more than 300 hours, which is equivalent to flying less than 100 hours a year.
"Chen Yi has been training for F-16 rearmament for about 22 months, but he has only flown for 60 hours, which translates to less than 3 hours of flying in the same month, while the pilots of the Taiwan Air Force should theoretically fly for 15 hours a month; even if it is training in rearmament, it should be at least 10 hours; Chen Yi has been in the Fourth Wing for 1 year and 10 months, and should have completed the training long ago, and as a result, the number of flight hours of the F-16 is only 1/3 of the normal situation."
Why is this happening? Zhang Yanting advocated: "The reason for this situation may be that in recent years, the 'Chinese Communist' military planes have disturbed Taiwan, resulting in the need for air force fighters to constantly go on missions, resulting in the instructors who flew Chen Yi out of the mission, the fighters who can be trained also out of the mission, and the fuel materials to be used on the mission first.
Oh, this kind of logic of throwing pots and pans of the People's Liberation Army is really ridiculous. This Taiwanese F-16V did not crash during the implementation of the response to the People's Liberation Army, but had an accident during daily training, and the basic training of Taiwan military pilots can only be blamed for problems.
This is not the old driver's family.
A retired pilot of the Taiwan Air Force bluntly said that although Chen Yi flew the F-16V for only 60 hours, which is indeed a low flight hour, the ground bombing training he performed before falling into the sea is a prescribed basic subject, "not a very difficult subject." ”
What's more, the rigidity and obsolescence of the Taiwan military's training system is already an "open secret."
For example, The editor-in-chief of the Canadian Hanhe Defense Review, Pinkov, said that the Avionics system of the F-16V is very advanced, with a clear synthetic aperture radar imaging mode, there is no need for machine gun ground attack training, and the low-altitude ground attack task should be handed over to the helicopter gunship.
He said that the air defense company of the PLA composite battalion has newly reloaded portable anti-aircraft missiles. Therefore, the training subjects and methods of the F-16V should be changed accordingly, "too low a flight attack altitude, may cause the pilot to confuse the sea with the air, resulting in illusion." More importantly, whether this kind of machine gun ground target attack training without helpless combat strength and no substantial help is needed is worth reviewing. Even if it is really needed, as a basic training subject, it can be changed to simulator training.
In other words, such low-altitude, high-angle machine gun ground attack training has long been out of date, and Chen Yi's crash should be "backed" by the Taiwan military's rigid and outdated system.
The Taiwan military crashed S-2T anti-submarine aircraft one after another
In order to calm the panic on the island about the F-16V, the most powerful F-16V, which "crashed just after delivery," the Taiwan media also raised a wave on the 12th, praising the "sacrificial dedication" spirit of the Taiwan Air Force pilots, but the taste of these reports is a little strange...
For example, the green media "Sanli News Network" quoted the people on the island as saying that a retired Taiwan military pilot who once flew an S-2T anti-submarine aircraft said, "Every time I go to the Air Force Cemetery to pay respects, I can't finish paying homage, because 1/3 of my classmates are here." He recalled that for a while in those years, the Taiwan military's S-2T anti-submarine aircraft had to drop 1 aircraft almost every 2 months, and 1 carrying 4 people, "every 1 plane dropped 4 people died." "For a while, the commander of the Air Force came to inspect the troops, invited the flying officers to dinner, drank three rounds, and the dishes were five flavors, and the air force commander said helplessly, 'I see that he X's lottery is good!'" Whoever smokes to the fuck who flies...'. ”
It is said that this past incident caused netizens on the island to "tear up" and praised the "spirit of sacrifice" of the pilots of the Taiwan Air Force.
Just think about it, how did the crash rate of 1/3 of the pilots and S-2T anti-submarine aircraft drop an average of one every two months? Why has this situation not improved for so many years is what the Taiwan military should really reflect on?
Is this trick of the green media the legendary "high-level black"?
Even Peng Simin, an expert in aviation safety on the island, could not help but sigh that "many Taiwan military pilots who have met in the past 18 years have been killed in the line of duty." This time he heard about the crash of the Chiayi F-16V, and he could not help but wonder whether so many years of safety teaching were useful. Or is it that the Taiwan military has become so serious that there is a problem with the organizational culture? "After all, 6 crashes and 13 deaths in 24 months are too frequent."