RoCAF (Taiwan Air Force) AIDC F-CK-1D Hsiang Sheng 1627 / 88-8118 of the 1st TFW, 1st TFG on final approach at Tainan AFB

Republic of China (Taiwan) Air Force (RoCAF) AIDC F-CK-1D Hsiang Sheng 1627 / 88-8118 (cn B-28) of the 1st TFG, 1st TFW on final approach at Tainan AFB (RCNN).

The AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo (Chinese: 經國號戰機; pinyin: Jīngguó Hào Zhànjī), also known as the Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF), is a multirole combat aircraft named after Chiang Ching-Kuo, the late President of Taiwan. The aircraft made its first flight in 1989. It was delivered to Republic of China Air Force in January 1994 and entered service in 1997. The ROCAF's initial order for 256 aircraft was cut to 130 in 1991, following deals for the purchase of 150 F-16 Block 20 A/B and 60 Mirage 2000-5Ei/Di with the US and France. The last IDF A/B rolled off the production line in 1999. Mid-life updates to the aircraft were initiated in 2011. F-CK-1 C/D Hsiang Sheng is the designation and name of the upgraded version of the F-CK-1 A/B. In 2018 AIDC delivered the last upgraded F-CK-1 C/D to the Republic of China Air Force.

Taiwan’s ambitious program to develop an advanced fighter to replace its fleet of F-5s and F-104s began in 1982, after the US government placed an embargo on the sale of the Northrop F-20 and any comparable fighter to appease China. Taiwan therefore decided to develop an advanced indigenous jet fighter. The Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC), based in Taichung, Taiwan, designed and built the IDF jet fighter with assistance of several US aerospace companies, General Dynamics (airframe), Garrett (propulsion), Westinghouse (radar) and a Smiths Industries-led team (avionics) and possibly Motorola and Raytheon (air-to-air missiles) as president Reagan did allow technical transfer to Taiwan. Nonetheless, the development of the F-CK-1 is no small feat as the airframe, the engines, the radar and other avionics as well as the air-to-air missiles were all developed by AIDC.

The engines were co-developed with Garret and Volvo Flygmotor, taking a Garret commercial engine, upgrading it and fitting an afterburner onto it (as Volvo Flygmotor had of course, successfully done fitting an afterburner to a commercial engine to power the Saab Viggen).

The Tien Chien (Sky Sword) 1 (TC-1) is a short range infrared-seeking missile with an external configuration similar to that of the AIM-9 Sidewinder, while the Tien Chien 2 (TC-2) is an active radar homing Beyond Visual Range missile. Both the AIM-9 and the TC-1 have been seen in use on operational IDFs.

Sources: www.scramble.nl www.defenceaviation.com/2010/06/f-ck-1-ching-kuo.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDC_F-CK-1_Ching-kuo

Taken in: Taiwan / Taiwan / Rende / Chenggong (show map)

Taken on: November 7, 2019

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