Republic of China Air Force

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air force military branch

The Republic of China Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Taiwan’s armed forces, responsible for defending the island’s airspace and operating a modern fleet of combat aircraft.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Republic of China Air Force canonical 36
Chinese Nationalist Air Force 4
ROCAF 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
surface form: ROCAF

Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan Air Force
commanderTitle Commander of the Air Force ⓘ
conflict Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

Second Taiwan Strait Crisis ⓘ
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis ⓘ
country Republic of China ⓘ
foundingDate 1920-06-01 ⓘ
garrison Chiayi Air Base ⓘ
Hsinchu Air Base ⓘ
Hualien Air Base ⓘ
Taichung Ching Chuan Kang Air Base ⓘ
Tainan Airport ⓘ
surface form: Tainan Air Base
hasMotto Long live the Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
headquartersLocation Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ
surface form: Taipei

Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan
legalStatus Republic of China Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: armed forces of the Republic of China
militaryBranchOf Republic of China Armed Forces ⓘ
operatesAircraft AIDC AT-3 ⓘ
AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo ⓘ
Beechcraft T-34 Mentor ⓘ
Lockheed C-130 Hercules ⓘ
surface form: C-130 Hercules

Dassault Mirage 2000 ⓘ
surface form: Dassault Mirage 2000-5

E-2D Advanced Hawkeye ⓘ
surface form: E-2 Hawkeye

F-16 Fighting Falcon ⓘ
F-16V Viper upgrade ⓘ
surface form: F-16V Fighting Falcon

Lockheed P-3 Orion ⓘ
surface form: P-3C Orion
operatesAircraftType early warning aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
tanker aircraft ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
operatesMissileSystem Patriot missile system ⓘ
surface form: Patriot PAC-3

Sky Bow missile system ⓘ
operationalArea Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

Taiwan Strait ⓘ
airspace surrounding Taiwan ⓘ
partOf Republic of China Armed Forces ⓘ
primaryMission conduct air defense operations ⓘ
defend the airspace of Taiwan ⓘ
maintain air superiority over the Taiwan Strait ⓘ
role aerial warfare ⓘ
air defense ⓘ
airspace protection ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China) ⓘ
usesAirDefenseSystem surface-to-air missiles ⓘ
usesInsignia roundel of the Republic of China ⓘ
usesRoundel blue sky with a white sun emblem ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dassault Mirage 2000 → operator → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello → usedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Nationalist Air Force
Claire Lee Chennault → militaryBranch → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Lockheed U-2 → operator → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Republic of China Armed Forces → shortName → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: ROCAF
Republic of China Armed Forces → serviceBranch → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Lockheed P-38 Lightning → usedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Nationalist Air Force
Military Affairs Commission of the National Government of China → oversaw → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Lockheed P-2 Neptune → usedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar → primaryUser → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Republic F-84 Thunderjet → usedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Republic of China Air Force → alsoKnownAs → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: ROCAF
Republic of China Air Force → alsoKnownAs → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taiwan Air Force
Taipei Songshan Airport → militaryUser → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Fiat CR.32 → usedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Nationalist Air Force
ROC (Taiwan) → hasAirForce → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)
Grumman E-2C Hawkeye → usedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Old Leatherface → militaryBranch → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Chinese Order of the Cloud and Banner → relatedTo → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter → primaryUsers → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
F-5 Freedom Fighter → usedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taiwanese Air Force
Dragon Lady → operator → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Lockheed U-2
ROC Armed Forces → hasBranch → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of China Armed Forces
Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China) → oversees → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Chinese Nationalist side in the Second Sino-Japanese War → armedForcesBranch → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Military Affairs Commission → hasResponsibilityFor → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Boeing P-26 Peashooter → usedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Nationalist Air Force
Reorganized National Government of China Air Force → distinctFrom → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Chief of General Staff of the Republic of China → hasJurisdictionOver → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
T-33 Shooting Star → usedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taiwanese Air Force
Flying Boxcar → usedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo → primaryUser → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
AIDC AT-3 → primaryUser → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
AIDC AT-3 → operator → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Sky Bow missile system → usedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Hsinchu Air Base → operatedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Hsinchu Air Base → controlledBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Hsinchu Air Base → garrison → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of China Air Force units
Hsinchu Air Base → hasPrimaryUser → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of China Air Force 5th Tactical Composite Wing
Hsinchu Air Base → usedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of China Air Force fighter squadrons
Chiayi Air Base → operatedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Chiayi Air Base → controlledBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Chiayi Air Base → garrison → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of China Air Force 4th Tactical Fighter Wing
Chiayi Air Base → basedUnit → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of China Air Force 4th Tactical Fighter Wing
Hualien Air Base → operatedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Hualien Air Base → controlledBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Hualien Air Base → garrison → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of China Air Force 5th Tactical Composite Wing
Taichung Ching Chuan Kang Air Base → operator → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Taichung Ching Chuan Kang Air Base → usedBy → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Taichung Ching Chuan Kang Air Base → garrison → Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of China Air Force units