Taiwan's 1st indigenous advanced jet trainer makes public debut

Taiwan's first prototype of indigenous advanced jet trainer made its public debut on Tuesday, the first completion of a major project of President Tsai Ing-wen's "design and build at home" policy for military equipment.At the launching ceremony at a factory of the state-owned Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. in Greater Taichung, central Taiwan, Tsai called the completion of the aircraft, named Yong Ying or Brave Eagle in English, a "historic moment."Tsai recalled that she decided not long after taking office May 2016 to build advanced jet trainers at home "to turn the tide around.""If…READ FULL ARTICLE