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Primary air base name. The official or most commonly used name for the military portion of the aerodrome; Chinese name. Simplified Chinese characters for the primary name (not including characters for air base or air field) Alternate names. Other names used to describe the military portion or larger aerodrome including civilian name; IATA Code.
Smaller numbers of overseas military bases are operated by China, Iran, India, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates . The United States is the largest operator of military bases abroad, with 38 "named bases" [note 1] with active duty, national guard, reserve, or civilian personnel as of September 30, 2014.
Joint Base San Antonio – located 8 kilometers (5 miles) north of San Antonio, Texas. Joint Base Langley-Eustis – located 12 kilometers (8 miles) east of Newport News, Virginia. Joint Region Marianas – combines Naval Base Guam, Andersen Air Force Base and Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz. Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall – located 1 kilometer ...
The People's Liberation Army Air Force ( Chinese: 中国人民解放军空军; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Kōngjūn; lit. 'China's People's Liberation Air Force'), [a] also referred to as the Chinese Air Force ( 中国空军) or the People's Air Force ( 人民空军 ), is an aerial service branch of the People's Liberation Army.
Luliang Air Base is a People's Liberation Army Air Force Base, located about 5 kilometers southwest of Luliang in Yunnan Province, China. History [ edit ] During World War II , the base was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign (1942–1945).
Similarly, the British Royal Air Force’s (RAF) XVII Test and Evaluation Squadron, which was established to help bring F-35 aircraft into service, is based at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
The People's Liberation Army ( PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and of the People's Republic of China, consisting of four service branches — the Ground Force, the Navy, the Air Force and the Rocket Force — and four support arms — the Aerospace Force, the Cyberspace Force, the Information Support Force and the ...
Newly arrived Fourteenth Air Force B-24 Liberators on the line at Kunming Wujiaba Airport, China on 6 September 1944. 14th Air Force B-24, China, c. 1944. The Fourteenth Air Force official web site says: After the China Air Task Force was discontinued, the Fourteenth Air Force (14 AF) was established by the special order of President Roosevelt ...