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This is a list of air bases operated by the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). Facilities included in the list include all aerodromes at which the PLAAF maintains a regular presence. These may include those exclusively for military use as well as those portions of mixed-use aerodromes operated by the military.
Tsuiki Air Base, Japan (Closed 1957) Wake Island Airfield, Wake Island, US Minor Outlying Islands (Transferred to US Army, 1993) Yechon Air Base, Republic of Korea (Closed 1975) Yozadake Air Station, Japan (Closed 1973) * In 1992 the US government changed the status of three US air bases in South Korea.
1940-1944. In use. 1940-present. During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Florida for antisubmarine defense in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters, attack planes, and light and medium bombers. After early 1944, heavy bomber crews ...
McCoy AFB (1940–1947, 1951–1975) is a former U.S. Air Force installation located 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Orlando, Florida. It was a training base during World War II. From 1951 to 1975, it was a frontline Strategic Air Command (SAC) base during the Cold War and Vietnam War. It was Orlando's biggest employer and economic backbone prior ...
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.
Tyndall Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located 12 miles (19 km) east of Panama City, Florida. The base was named in honor of World War I pilot 1st Lt. Frank Benjamin Tyndall. The base operating unit and host wing is the 325th Fighter Wing (325 FW) of the Air Combat Command (ACC).
Keystone Army Airfield - 1943. Keystone Army Airfield. Coordinates. 29°50′41″N 082°02′51″W. / 29.84472°N 82.04750°W / 29.84472; -82.04750. Site history. In use. 1940-1945. Keystone Army Airfield, was a World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield, located 4.2 miles (6.8 km) north-northwest of Keystone Heights, Florida .
Eglin Air Force Base ( IATA: VPS, ICAO: KVPS, FAA LID: VPS) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in the western Florida Panhandle, located about three miles (5 km) southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County . The host unit at Eglin is the 96th Test Wing (formerly the 96th Air Base Wing ).