A sonic boom caused by an F-16V jet during training not only gave some Chiayi County residents a fright on Christmas Day, but also shattered the windows of some homes, which the military has promised to fix.
At about 10am, a thunderous sonic boom shook houses in Cusi (粗溪) and Longde (龍德) villages in Shuishang Township (水上), which are near an air force base.
Many residents ran out of their homes to see an F-16V flying overhead at low altitude, leaving two vapor trails behind it.
On Wednesday, Cusi Village Warden Huang Pao-chen (黃寶珍) said that more than 10 households in his village