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Kung Kuan Air Base
Ching Chuan Kang Air Base ( zh, t=清泉崗空軍基地, CCK) is a Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) base located in Taichung, Taiwan. It is the home to the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, with three squadrons of AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo fighter aircraft. It is also used by the army's airborne and special operations command. Ching Chuan Kang Air Base is shared with Taichung International Airport . History The forerunner to CCK Air Base was built in 1936, during Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule, in the vicinity of Kōkan (Japanese: 公館), hence the former name Kōkan Airport. Construction of the airfield started in 1954, and was given the highest priority of several projects begun after the situation between Taiwan and Mainland China became tense in the mid-1950s. The air base was renamed Ching Chuan Kang Air Base on 20 March 1966 in memory of ROC Army Gen. Qiu Qingquan, and was thereafter known throughout the theater by its initials, CCK. As of the late 1990s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CCK AB, Main Gate 1969
CCK may refer to: Computing * Complementary code keying, a modulation technique used in IEEE 802.11b * Composite candidate key, a candidate key comprising more than one field * Client Customization Kit, a set of tools to aid in distributing customized Mozilla clients, see list of Mozilla products Government agencies * Communications Commission of Kenya * Constitutional Court of Korea, a constitutional court in South Korea Medicine * Cholecystokinin, a digestive hormone People * Chiang Ching-kuo, Taiwanese president * Chris Kanyon, American wrestler Places * Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Taiwan * Choa Chu Kang, Singapore * Cocos Islands (by ISO 3166-1 country code) Transport * Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT station, Singapore (by station abbreviation) * Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport (by IATA code) Other * Chama Cha Kijamii, a political party in Tanzania * Candy Coated Killahz a Canadian hip-hop/electronic music group. * Néstor Kirchner Cultural Centre, "Centro Cultural Kirchner" in Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taichung International Airport
Taichung International Airport() is an international airport located in Taichung, Taiwan. In 2023, it was the sixth busiest airport in Taiwan, with scheduled services to China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, South Korea, and Vietnam. History Early years Taichung International Airport was constructed during the era of Japanese rule and was named . The United States Air Force (USAF) had been garrisoning the base with two fighter squadrons until the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty came into force on March 3, 1955. The airport then expanded in 1954 according to the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, and later renamed Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (CCK) after General Qiu Qingquan. In 1966 the American Air Force established a joint forces air-base at CCK. It was the largest air force base in the Far East at the time, allowing Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers to land. During the Vietnam War, CCK became a depot for the USAF. The US Military used CCK and Shuinan Airport to run m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ROCAF F-16A 6623 Flight Demonstration In Ching Chuang Kang Air Force Base 20161126a
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ROCAF may refer to: *Republic of China Air Force *Republic of China Armed Forces The Republic of China Armed Forces ( zh, t=中華民國國軍) are the national military forces of the Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC), which is now based primarily in the Taiwan Area but Republic of China (1912–1949), formerly governed Mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo
The AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo (), commonly known as the Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF), is a multirole combat aircraft named after Chiang Ching-kuo, the late President of the Republic of China. The aircraft made its first flight in 1989. It entered service with Republic of China Air Force (Taiwan) in 1992. All 130 production aircraft were manufactured by 1999. Taiwan initiated the IDF program when the United States refused to sell them F-20 Tigershark and F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighters following diplomatic pressure from China. Taiwan therefore decided to develop an advanced indigenous jet fighter. The Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC), based in Taichung, Taiwan, designed and built the IDF jet fighter. Development Background The preliminary search for a replacement for the ROCAF's F-5s and F-104s began with the XF-6 indigenous fighter project, later renamed ''Ying Yang'', in the late 1970s. After the US established formal relations with China and ended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five F-CK-1s Of 427th Wing Parked At Ching Chuang Kang Air Force Base Apron 20161126
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 digits on their limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple ( 3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon. The pentagon is the first regular polygon that does not tile the plane with copies of itself. It is the largest face any of the five regular three-dimensional regular Platonic solid can have. A conic is determined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ROCAF F-CK-1B 1607 Taxiing At Ching Chuang Kang Air Force Base 20161126b
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ROCAF may refer to: *Republic of China Air Force *Republic of China Armed Forces The Republic of China Armed Forces ( zh, t=中華民國國軍) are the national military forces of the Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC), which is now based primarily in the Taiwan Area but Republic of China (1912–1949), formerly governed Mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Battalion Gate Of Ching Chuang Kang Air Force Base 20111112
Main may refer to: Geography *Main River (other), multiple rivers with the same name *Ma'in, an ancient kingdom in modern-day Yemen *Main, Iran, a village in Fars Province *Spanish Main, the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territories in the 16th and 17th centuries *''The Main'', the diverse core running through Montreal, Quebec, Canada, also separating the Two Solitudes *Main (lunar crater), located near the north pole of the Moon *Main (Martian crater) People and organizations *Main (surname), a list of people with this family name *Main, alternate spelling for the Minaeans, an ancient people of modern-day Yemen *Main (band), a British ambient band formed in 1991 *Chas. T. Main, an American engineering and hydroelectric company founded in 1893 *MAIN (Mountain Area Information Network), former operator of WPVM-LP (MAIN-FM) in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. *Main Deli Steak House ("The Main"), a smoked-meat delicatessen in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Ships * ''Mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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C13 or C-13 may refer to: * French Defence, Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings code * C13 White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921 * C13 grenade, the Canadian Forces designation for a M67 grenade * Autovia C-13, a highway in Catalonia in Spain * Caterpillar C13 Engine, an engine by Caterpillar Inc. * , a 1906 British C-class submarine * IEC 60320 C13, a polarised, three pole plug used in electric power cables * LNER Class C13, a 4-4-2T steam locomotive class of 1907, built for suburban passenger services around London * OTO Melara C13 * Sauber C13, a 1994 racing car * Caldwell 13 (NGC 457, the Owl Cluster or ET Cluster), an open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia * The 13th century * in music, a chord with the structure 1 - 3 - 5 - b7 - 9 - 13 * Carbon-13, a natural stable isotope of carbon * Malignant neoplasm of hypopharynx ICD-10 code * C13/C14 Coupler, a class of cable connector used by most desktop computer A desktop computer, often abbreviated as desktop, is a persona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
