史瓦帝尼国王访台南陆军航训中心：体验飞行模拟机，感谢台湾捐赠直升机
台南——据中央社报道，史瓦帝尼国王恩史瓦帝三世10月11日在总统赖清德陪同下，搭乘军方专机由台北飞抵台南，参访陆军航空训练中心。恩史瓦帝三世在参访中感谢台湾早年捐赠直升机协助史国：台湾于2020年捐赠两架除役的UH-1H直升机给史瓦帝尼，并协助培训史国飞行与维修人员，这批直升机至今仍是两国军事交流合作的具体象征。
在航训中心，恩史瓦帝三世亲自坐进飞行模拟机体验操作，赖清德称赞他是「天生的飞行员」，并致赠完训证书与指挥夹克，邀请他登上黑鹰直升机驾驶舱参观。同日一行人还参访农业部花卉创新园区，农业部副部长黄朝钦致赠一束以史瓦帝尼国旗颜色喷染的兰花，呼应台湾兰花产业与史国农业交流的渊源。
史瓦帝尼位于非洲南部，是台湾在非洲唯一的邦交国，两国自1968年建交以来维持邦谊至今。恩史瓦帝三世于10月9日抵台参加国庆活动，此行除出席国庆大会外，双方另签署刑事司法互助协议，台湾推动在史瓦帝尼设置工业创新园区等合作计划，也在此行议程之中，使这次访问同时涵盖外交、军事、农业与产业等多条合作线。
陆军航空训练中心位于台南市归仁区，是台湾陆军飞行员养成与飞行模拟训练的重镇，黑鹰UH-60M是陆军现役主力通用直升机机队之一；台湾2020年捐赠史国的UH-1H「休伊」直升机，则是服役数十年的经典机型，陆军除役后将状况良好的机体转赠友邦，并配套协助人员训练。花卉创新园区行程则呼应台湾兰花产业的外销实力，兰花是台湾具代表性的出口农产品之一。
Eswatini's King Visits Army Aviation Center in Tainan, Tries a Flight Simulator and Thanks Taiwan for Donated Helicopters
Tainan — King Mswati III of Eswatini flew from Taipei to Tainan aboard a special military flight on October 11, accompanied by President Lai Ching-te, for a visit to the Army Aviation Training Center, the Central News Agency reported. During the visit, the king thanked Taiwan for an earlier helicopter donation: in 2020 Taiwan gave Eswatini two retired UH-1H helicopters and helped train its pilots and maintenance crews, and the aircraft remain a tangible symbol of the two sides' military exchanges.
At the training center, the king took the controls of a flight simulator himself. Lai called him a "natural pilot," presented him with a training certificate and a command jacket, and invited him into the cockpit of a Black Hawk helicopter. Later the same day, the party visited the Ministry of Agriculture's Floral Innovation Park, where Deputy Agriculture Minister Huang Chao-chin presented a spray of orchids dyed in the colors of the Eswatini flag, echoing the ties between Taiwan's orchid industry and agricultural cooperation with Eswatini.
Eswatini, in southern Africa, is Taiwan's only diplomatic ally on the continent, and the two have maintained ties since 1968. King Mswati III arrived on October 9 for the National Day celebrations; during this trip the two sides also signed a mutual legal assistance agreement in criminal matters, and a Taiwan industrial innovation park in Eswatini is among the cooperation projects on the agenda, giving the visit diplomatic, military, agricultural and industrial threads all at once.
The Army Aviation Training Center, in Tainan's Guiren District, is where Taiwan's Army trains its pilots, including on flight simulators, and the UH-60M Black Hawk is one of the Army's mainstay utility helicopter fleets. The UH-1H "Huey" helicopters Taiwan donated to Eswatini in 2020 are a classic type that served for decades; after retiring them, the Army transferred airframes in good condition to the ally and backed the gift with personnel training. The Floral Innovation Park stop, meanwhile, plays to a Taiwanese strength: orchids are among the island's signature agricultural exports.
图片来源：资料图：陆军UH-60M黑鹰直升机于营区开放活动展示，玄史生 摄，CC0（Wikimedia Commons）
