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Trump Administration Pushes Potential F-16 Sale to Taiwan to Congress

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, August 16th, 2019

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Trump Administration Pushes Potential F-16 Sale to Taiwan to Congress

A Bahrain F-16 Block 70 over Manama. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

President Trump’s administration has informally notified Congress of its intent to sell new F-16 fighter aircraft to Taiwan, in the first step of a long-awaited effort to upgrade the East Asian state’s aircraft. A spokesperson for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmed to Defense Daily Aug. 16 that the committee was notified of the proposed sale. Other sources on Capitol Hill said the notification was sent Thursday evening. The Washington Post first broke the news of the notification Thursday. The…

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