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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.
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.
It is both a military organization and a university, much of which is set up like most other Air Force bases, but the Superintendent, Commandant, Dean of Faculty and cadet wing are set up like a civilian university. The 306th Flying Training Group operates a variety of light training aircraft and gliders. Vance Air Force Base: Enid: Oklahoma
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.
The following list of active People's Liberation Army aircraft is a list of military aircraft currently in service with three branches of the People's Liberation Army. For retired aircraft, see list of historic aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Air Force .
The Eastern Theater Command Air Force is the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) component of Eastern Theater Command and is led by commander Huang Guoxian (Chinese: 黄国显) who took office in February 2016 and political commissar Lieutenant General Zhong Weiguo (Chinese: 钟卫国) who took office in June 2019.
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 ...
Under its jurisdiction are the 49th Regiment (adapted from the 21st Regiment of the 7th Air Division), the 51st Regiment (adapted from the 41st Regiment of the 14th Air Force Division) and the Shahe Station of the Air Force. Equipped with J-5 and MiG-17 aircraft. It [was assigned] to the Air Force of the Beijing Military Region.