The aircraft, built by US defence contractor Lockheed Martin, are part of an $8bn deal for 66 F-16Vs approved during President Donald. The jets, which flew via Hawaii and Guam, touched down at noon (04:00 GMT) local time. They arrived a week after Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington.
Taiwan is eyeing a rising military threat from Beijing, which claims the democratically governed island as its own territory. first term. They landed on Friday following months of delay due to repeated requests from Beijing to the US to stop arming Taiwan.