Serial 0829 ‘75-6029’ is an AT-3
assigned to the Air Force Academy.
Gangshan AFB was originally built
by the Japanese while Formosa was
under colonial rule. The academy
moved here from Hangzhou in 1949,
during the Chinese Civil War. Travis
ChuangAbove: Another of Zhihang’s two-seat Tiger IIs, F-5F serial 5416 ‘30142’ (c/n
VH1039) wears a brown/green camouflage scheme. The badge below the
cockpit signifies the 46th TFS, formerly the ROCAF’s dedicated aggressor
squadron. Wiebe Karsten Right: Weathered two-seat F-5F serial 5378 ‘91721’
(c/n VH1001) of the 7th Tactical Fighter Wing at Zhihang. The rampant dragon
motif on the tail is the 7th TFW badge. Marco Muntz44 // OCTOBER 2018 #367 http://www.airforcesmonthly.comRepublic of China Air Force
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Report
ROCAF order of battle
Unit Base/type
TAIWAN
1st TFW (443rd TFW) Tainan AFB
1st TFG F-CK-1C/D
3rd TFG F-CK-1C/D
9th TFG F-CK-1C/D
2nd TFW (499th TFW) Hsinchu AFB
41st TFG Mirage 2000-5Ei/Di
42nd TFG Mirage 2000-5Ei/Di
48th Training Group Mirage 2000-5Ei/Di
3rd TFW (427th TFW) Ching Chuan Kang AFB
7th TFG F-CK-1C/D
28th TFG F-CK-1C/D
4th TFW (455th TFW) Chiayi AFB
21st TFG F-16A/B
22nd TFG F-16A/B
23rd TFG F-16A/B
Air Rescue Group ‘Seagull’* S-70C-1, S-70C-1A,
S-70C-6, EC225LP, UH-60M
* detachments at Zhihang and Songshan
5th TFW (401st TFW) Hualien AFB
12th TRS RF-5E/F-5F, (R)F-16A/B
17th TFG F-16A/B
26th TFG F-16A/B
27th TFG F-16A/B
6th CW (439th^ CW) Pingtung AFB
10th TAG
101st Airlift Squadron C-130H
102nd Airlift Squadron C-130H
20th EWG
2nd Early Warning Squadron E-2K
6th Electronic Warfare Squadron C-130HE
ASW Group
33 Squadron P-3C
34 Squadron P-3C
7th TFW (737th TFW) Zhihang AFB
44th TFG F-5E/F
45th TFG F-5E/F
46th TFG F-5E/F
Tactical Training and Development Center (TT&DC) F-5E/F*
* loaned from 7th TFW when required
ROCAF Academy Gangshan AFB
Basic Training Group T-34C-1
Fighter Training Group AT- 3
Airlift Training Group Beech 1900C-1*
* Special Transport Squadron detachment
Songhsan AFB Command Songshan
Special Transport Squadron Beech 1900C-1, Fokker 50
Presidential Flight Section Fokker 50, Boeing 737-800
Makung AFB F-CK-1C/D*
* detachment drawn from either 1st TFW or 3rd TFW, between April-October
UNITED STATES
56th OG Luke AFB, Arizona
21st FS F-16A/B
412th OG Edwards AFB, California
416th FLTS F-16V
Abbreviations: AFB: Air Force Base, CW: Composite Wing, EWG: Electronic
Warfare Group, FLTS: Flight Test Squadron, FS: Fighter Squadron, OG:
Operations Group, TAG: Tactical Airlift Group, TFW: Tactical Fighter Wing, TRS:
Tactical Reconnaissance SquadronA key element is the upgraded
P4B AIS pod equipped with
GPS. Its digital recorder stores
all data normally transmitted
to ground stations, which can
be downloaded for post-flight
assessment, obviating the need
for a fixed infrastructure within
the range. Position information
can also be downlinked directly to
ACMI ground stations for real-time
mission monitoring. The contract
included the supply of 24 pods
as well as six sets of displays
and debriefing equipment.
The GPS Aids ACMI had
been installed by December
2000, and Cubic completed anupgrade in March 2004 when the
ACMI range air coverage was
expanded by updating software
and hardware to improve real-
time mission training capability.
Two additional remote aerial
training sites were added,
weapon simulation capacity
enhanced and communication
equipment made resistant to
cell phone interference.
Improved ACMI equipment, new
training requirements and the
F-5’s lack of beyond-visual-range
(BVR) capability led to the 46th
TFS losing its adversary task by
the end of 2014 but continuing
as a lead-in training squadron.40-45 Taiwan AFM Oct2018.indd 44 9/10/2018 9:34:02 AM