"We are all Team Taiwan, we all work together and we can successfully achieve our goals," Taiwan President Lai Ching-te tells reporters aboard a plane on his way to the United States for the start of a week-long tour in the Pacific that has sparked fury in Beijing. "We must work hard to successfully complete the mission to not let down the F16 pilots down and not let the people down," Lai adds ahead of his first overseas trip since taking office in May. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES