Northern Theater Command Air Force

Northern Theater Command Air Force
Northern Theater Command Air Force
	Northern Theater Command
Simplified Chinese	中国人民解放军北部战区空军
Traditional Chinese	中國人民解放軍北部戰區空軍
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Běibù Zhànqū Kōngjūn

Northern Theater Command Air Force
Northern Theater Command Air Force
中国人民解放军北部战区空军
	Emblem of the People's Liberation Army Air Force
Active	2016–present
Country	People's Republic of China
Allegiance	Chinese Communist Party
Branch	People's Liberation Army Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Shenyang, Liaoning
Mottos	为人民服务; "Serve the People"
Colors	Red and Blue
March	March of the Chinese Air Force
Commanders
Commander	Lieutenant General Liu Wenqi
Political Commissar	Lieutenant General Cai Lishan

Active2016–present

Country

People's Republic of China

Allegiance

Chinese Communist Party

Branch

People's Liberation Army Air Force

The Northern Theater Command Air Force is the air force under the Northern Theater Command. Its headquarters is in Shenyang, Liaoning. The current commander is Liu Wenqi [zh] and the current political commissar is Cai Lishan [zh].

Unit Name	Homebase	Serials Range	Aircraft Type	Comments
1st Air Brigade	Liaoning, Anshan, Teng'ao Airbase	61X2X	J-20A	Dalian Base
2nd Air Brigade	Inner Mongolia, Chifeng, Yulong Airbase	61X3X	J-10C, J-20	Dalian Base
3rd Air Brigade	Heilongjiang, Qiqihar, Sanjiazi Airbase	61X4X	J-16	Dalian Base
31st Air Brigade	Jilin, Siping, Siping Airbase	64X2X	JH-7A	Dalian Base
61st Air Brigade	Jilin, Yanbian, Yanji, Chaoyangchuan Airbase	67X2X	J-10B	Dalian Base
63rd Air Brigade	Heilongjiang, Mudanjiang, Hailang Airbase	67X2X	J-7H	Dalian Base
88th Air Brigade	Liaoning, Dandong, Langtou Airbase	69X9X	J-7E	Dalian Base
89th Air Brigade	Liaoning, Dalian, Pulandian Airbase	70X0X	J-11B	Dalian Base
15th Air Brigade	Shandong, Weifang, Nanyuan Airbase	62X6X	J-16	Jinan Base
34th Air Brigade	Shandong, Weihai, Daishuipo Airbase	64X5X	J-10C	Jinan Base
44th Air Brigade	Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, Bikeqi Airbase	65X5X	J-7G	Jinan Base
55th Air Brigade	Shandong, Jining, Qufu Airbase	66X6X	J-20A	Jinan Base
805th Air Brigade	Shandong, Yantai	8XX5X	JH-7A	Formerly Naval Aviation 6th Brigade
807th Air Brigade	Liaoning, Suizhong	8XX7X	J-11B、JH-7A、JL-9、JL-10	Formerly Naval Aviation 7th Brigade

Unit Name	Homebase	Serials Range	Aircraft Type	Comments
46th Air Regiment	Liaoning, Shenyang	2XX7X	JZ-8F	16th Special Missions Air Division
47th Air Regiment	Liaoning, Shenyang	2XX7X	KJ-500、Y-8G，运侦-8	16th Special Missions Air Division
48th Air Regiment	Jilin, Shuangliao	2XX7X	WZ-7	16th Special Missions Air Division

English name	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Ding Laihang	丁来杭	2016	2017	^[3]
Xu Xueqiang	许学强	2017	August 2021	^[4]
Liu Wenqi [zh]	刘文起	August 2021

English name	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Bai Wenqi	白文奇	2016	December 2018	^[3]
Cai Lishan [zh]	蔡立山	April 2019

v t e Structure of the People's Liberation Army Air Force
PLAAF Headquarters directly subordinate units	Experimental Training Base Flight Test Training Base Research Institute Airborne Training Base Command College Engineering University Aviation University Early Warning Academy Harbin Flight Academy Shijiazhuang Flight Academy Xi'an Flight Academy Medical University Logistics College Communication NCOs Academy 1st Flight Training Regiment 2nd Flight Training Regiment 3rd Flight Training Regiment 4th Flight Training Regiment 66th Blue Brigade 68th UAV Training Brigade
Eastern Theater Command Air Force	8th Fighter Brigade 9th Fighter Brigade 25th Fighter Brigade 40th Fighter Brigade 41st Fighter Brigade 78th Fighter Brigade 83rd Fighter Brigade 85th Fighter Brigade 95th Fighter Brigade 28th Bomber Regiment 29th Bomber Regiment 30th Bomber Regiment 76th Air Regiment 77th Air Regiment 93rd Air Regiment Drone Attack Brigade
Southern Theater Command Air Force	4th Fighter Brigade 5th Fighter Brigade 6th Fighter Brigade 26th Fighter Brigade 54th Fighter Brigade 124th Fighter Brigade 125th Fighter Brigade 126th Fighter Brigade 130th Fighter Brigade 131st Fighter Brigade 132nd Fighter Brigade 22nd Bomber Regiment 23rd Bomber Regiment 24th Bomber Regiment 58th Air Regiment 59th Air Regiment 60th Air Regiment
Western Theater Command Air Force	16th Fighter Brigade 18th Fighter Brigade 97th Fighter Brigade 98th Fighter Brigade 99th Fighter Brigade 109th Fighter Brigade 110th Fighter Brigade 111th Fighter Brigade 10th Transport Regiment 11th Transport Regiment 12th Transport Regiment
Northern Theater Command Air Force	1st Fighter Brigade 2nd Fighter Brigade 3rd Fighter Brigade 15th Fighter Brigade 31st Fighter Brigade 34th Fighter Brigade 44th Fighter Brigade 55th Fighter Brigade 61st Fighter Brigade 63rd Fighter Brigade 88th Fighter Brigade 89th Fighter Brigade 805th Air Brigade 807th Air Brigade 46th Air Regiment 47th Air Regiment 48th Air Regiment
Central Theater Command Air Force	7th Fighter Brigade 19th Fighter Brigade 21st Fighter Brigade 43rd Fighter Brigade 52nd Fighter Brigade 53rd Fighter Brigade 56th Fighter Brigade 70th Fighter Brigade 107th Bomber Regiment 108th Bomber Regiment 37th Transport Regiment 38th Transport Regiment 39th Transport Regiment 100th Transport Regiment 101st Transport Regiment 102nd Transport Regiment 151st UAV Brigade

Northern Theater Command Air Force

Functional department

Direct units

Main Bases

Air Units

Fighter Units

Special Mission Units

List of leaders

Commanders

Political commissars

Chiefs of staff

References

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