Two US F-18 fighters left Taiwan Friday afternoon after making an emergency landing at a Taiwanese Air Force base two days earlier due to a mechanical problem with one of the aircraft, the ROC Air Force said.
US maintenance personnel arrived at the Tainan Air Force Base in southern Taiwan late Thursday and completed the work Friday morning. The two fighters left for their base in Okinawa after repairs were completed, an air force official said.
The fighters left at 1:12pm after passing safety checks, said Ministry of National Defense spokesperson Major General Luo Shou-he.
Mark Zimmer, spokesperson for the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the de facto US embassy in Taiwan, also confirmed that the F-18s had left.
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