{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64d53bc8af8fd800117b9642/67e4952a84f1e8b70794d398?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Taiwan To Send Officials To US For FIRST EVER F-16 Handover Ceremony","description":"<p>Taiwan's defence ministry said Wednesday it will send senior officials to the United States this week for a handover ceremony of its first F-16V fighter jet under a multi-year arms deal.</p><p><br></p><p>The visit comes nearly six years after Washington approved the $8 billion deal for 66 warplanes during US President Donald Trump's first term.</p><p><br></p><p>\"The first aircraft has now completed its full assembly,\" Chiang Yuan-chi, director of the Air Force's planning division, told a news conference.</p><p><br></p><p>Taipei has \"assigned a deputy minister to lead an Air Force delegation to the US for the ceremony\", said Chiang.</p>","author_name":"Daily SumUp"}