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The People's Liberation Army 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 Central Military Commission. The Air Force is composed of five sub-branches: aviation, ground-based air defense, radar, Airborne Corps, and other support elements. [4]
The Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF; known colloquially as the Taiwanese Air Force) is the military aviation branch of the Republic of China Armed Forces, based in Taiwan since 1947. Founded in 1920 by the Kuomintang, the ROCAF's primary mission now is the defense of the airspace over and around the Taiwan Area.
Founded on mainland China, the ROC Air Force on Taiwan received U.S. military assistance in the Cold War, including over 400 aircraft, which were mostly fighters. [65] Beginning in 1954 with the F-86 Saber, [72] by the late 1980s the ROCAF's fighter force also had the F-100 Super Saber, the F-104 Starfighter, and Northrop F-5. [73]
Aircraft Origin Type Variants In service Notes Combat aircraft; Xian H-6: China: Strategic bomber: Xi'an H-6K/H-6M: 209 [1]: License built variant of the Tupolev Tu-16: Xian JH-7
The U.S. and its allies warn China wants to recruit current and ex Western military pilots to help train Beijing’s air force and counter NATO tactics.
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.
A PAC-3 surface-to-air missile launch system at the Yokota Air Base, west of Tokyo. Japan claims China violated its territorial airspace for the first time. AFP Contributor via Getty Images
China, which views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, has over the past three years regularly flown its air force into the skies near the island, though not into Taiwan's ...