The Unsettling Reason Why Taiwan Grounded Its F-16 Fleet For A Week

In early January 2026, Capt. Hsin Po-yi of Tawain’s Air Force went missing along with his F-16 during a nighttime training mission. It appears that a malfunction with the jet’s main onboard computer caused Hsin to deviate from formation after he and his group entered cloud cover over the northeast portion of Taiwan. The group took off on their mission around 6:17 p.m. on January 6 and by 7:28 p.m. Hsin alerted ground control that he was preparing to eject from the F-16V, but they lost his signal only seconds later. The Air Force quickly launched a search and rescue…