GOP Lawmakers Call on Pentagon to Resolve Taiwan’s F-16 Shipment Delays

Rep. Robert Wittman (R-Va.) and a group of 23 GOP lawmakers called on the Pentagon to resolve the extended delivery delay of F-16 fighters to Taiwan amid Chinese military aggression toward the island. In a Nov. 16 letter to U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, Mr. Wittman, vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and his Republican colleagues raised concerns that the delay of two F-16 fighter jet programs for Taiwan is “high-risk.” “The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is mounting an increasingly aggressive pressure campaign against the island that continues to intensify,” the lawmakers said, adding that they want to work with the Pentagon to ensure that these programs “are not further delayed.”...