A Dassault Mirage 2000-5 two-seater of the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF).
The Republic of China Air Force, or ROCAF for short, is the air force of the island of Taiwan. ROCAF flies the Dassault Mirage 2000-5, the General Dynamics F-16 and the locally developed F-CK-1, among others, as its primary combat aircraft. The Air Force's main task is to defend Taiwan from the People's Republic of China with whom it has been in conflict for decades.
I took this photo on December 7, 2018 at Hsinchu Air Base in Taiwan.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…