Shen Yi-ming

Shen Yi-ming is a Taiwanese Air Force Commander joined with Yen Teh-fa as succeeding Pu Tze-chun as Deputy Defense Minister of the Taiwanese Armed Forces. According to Focus Taiwan, "After the government announced Yen's appointment to the top post earlier Friday, the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement later in the day that Shen will take over as vice minister from Pu Tze-chun (蒲澤春), who will become a military strategy advisor to the president". Shen-Yi-ming has served 37 months as an Air Force commander and has promoted international military exchanges with the United States. In regards to United States President Donald Trump, he has stated “We greatly appreciate that the US is willing to review our military sales requests on a case-by-case basis, instead of the bundling approach carried out previously", referring to military exchanges between the US and Taiwan. Promptly afterward, Taiwan has received 144 upgraded F-16V fighter jets with a US$330 million deal.