AIDC F-CK-1 Ching Kuo - A Short History on the Taiwanese Indigenous Defence Fighter

The AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo is also known as the Indigenous Defense Fighter. Taiwan initiated the IDF program when the United States refused to sell them F-20 Tigershark and F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighters following diplomatic pressure from China.

The F-CK-1 is produced by The Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AICD).

SOURCES:
Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDC_F-..., License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) - the text has been modified and shortened.
Wikipedia, https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDC_F-..., License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) - the text has been modified and shortened.

MEDIA:
Images in the Public Domain.
"IDF-Wan Chien.jpg" by O8447, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., License: CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
"ROCAF F-104G 4393 Right View in Hsinchu AFB 20120602.jpg" by 玄史生, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
"F-CK-1A Model Display at ROCAF Recurit Booth 20140607" by 玄史生,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
"IDF Pre-production.jpg" by 王常松 Chang-Song Wang, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., License: CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
"Aircraft over Tainan 2" by J. Patrick Fischer, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
"IDF F-CK-1A 1462 Outlet Nozzles and Underloaded Weapon 20120811" by 玄史生, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
"IDF F-CK-1 Rolling over Hsinchu AFB Runway 20120602" by 玄史生,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

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