AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo

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The AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo is an indigenously developed Taiwanese multirole fighter aircraft designed primarily for air defense and pilot training.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Taiwan AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo (as F125 derivative family) 2
AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo canonical 1
F-CK-1A 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jet aircraft ⓘ
light fighter aircraft ⓘ
multirole fighter aircraft ⓘ
airForceDesignation Indigenous Defense Fighter ⓘ
airToAirMissiles TC-1 Sky Sword I ⓘ
TC-2 Sky Sword II ⓘ
airToSurfaceWeapons precision-guided munitions (later upgrades) ⓘ
rocket pods ⓘ
unguided bombs ⓘ
armamentFixed 1 × 20 mm M61A1 Vulcan cannon ⓘ
avionics fly-by-wire flight control system ⓘ
multimode pulse-Doppler radar ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Taiwan ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
2 ⓘ
crewNote single-seat and two-seat variants ⓘ
designer Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation ⓘ
developmentReason to provide indigenous air defense capability for Taiwan ⓘ
to reduce dependence on foreign fighter imports ⓘ
emptyWeight around 6,500 kg ⓘ
engineThrust around 4,200 kgf each with afterburner ⓘ
enteredROCAFService mid-1990s ⓘ
firstFlight 1989-05-28 ⓘ
hardpoints 7 external hardpoints ⓘ
height 4.42 m ⓘ
introduced 1994 ⓘ
length 14.21 m ⓘ
manufacturer Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation ⓘ
maximumSpeed Mach 1.8 ⓘ
maxTakeoffWeight around 12,000 kg ⓘ
namedAfter Chiang Ching-kuo ⓘ
numberBuilt 130 ⓘ
powerplant 2 × Honeywell F125-70 turbofan engines ⓘ
primaryMission air superiority over Taiwan Strait ⓘ
primaryUser Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
programStart early 1980s ⓘ
range around 1,100 km ⓘ
role advanced trainer ⓘ
air defense fighter ⓘ
multirole combat aircraft ⓘ
secondaryMission ground attack ⓘ
pilot training ⓘ
serviceCeiling around 40,000 ft ⓘ
status in service ⓘ
upgradeProgram Hsiang Sheng (Brave Hawk) upgrade ⓘ
variant F-CK-1A ⓘ
F-CK-1B ⓘ
F-CK-1C ⓘ
F-CK-1D ⓘ
wingspan 9.46 m ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Republic of China Air Force → operatesAircraft → AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo ⓘ
Honeywell F124 → application → Taiwan AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo (as F125 derivative family) ⓘ
linked to: AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo
AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo → variant → F-CK-1A ⓘ
linked to: AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo
AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo → variant → F-CK-1B ⓘ
linked to: AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo
AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo → variant → F-CK-1C ⓘ
linked to: AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo
AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo → variant → F-CK-1D ⓘ
linked to: AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo
F124 → application → Taiwan AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo (as F125 derivative family) ⓘ
linked to: AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo