Taiwan suspends F-16 fleet combat training after jet crashes into sea

Search and rescue mission launched after latest in series of fatal accidents amid heightened tensions with ChinaTaiwan’s air force has suspended combat training for its F-16 fleet after a recently upgraded model of the fighter jet crashed into the sea in the latest of a series of fatal accidents.The island’s air force announced earlier that an F-16 fighter jet went missing over the sea off western Taiwan on Tuesday afternoon, 30 minutes after it took off from Southern Chiayi air base