Lockheed Martin Forms Partnership to Establish Fighter Jet Maintenance Center in Taiwan

Randy Howard, director of Business Development for the F-16/F-22 Integrated Fighter Group for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, presents Taiwan's Premier Su Tseng-chang with a F-16V model at a signing ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan, on Dec. 17, 2019. Taiwan's Executive Yuan

TAIPEI—Cooperation between Washington and Taipei reached a new level on Dec. 17, when U.S. defense company Lockheed Martin inked a partnership with a Taiwan state-owned aerospace firm to establish a maintenance center for F-16 fighter jets on the island.

The maintenance center will be the first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Taiwan’s government-run Central News Agency (CNA).