The Southern Theater Command Air Force is the air force under the Southern Theater Command. Its headquarters is in Guangzhou, Guangdong. The current commander is Qiao Xiangji [zh] and the current political commissar is Xu Liqian [zh].

History

On 1 February 2016, the founding meeting of the Southern Theater Command Air Force was held at the August First Building in Beijing, China.[1]

Functional department

  • General Staff
  • Political Work Department
  • Logistics Department
  • Disciplinary Inspection Committee

Direct units

Main Bases


Air Units[2]

Fighter Units

Unit Name Homebase Serials Range Aircraft Type Comments
4th Air Brigade Guangdong, Foshan, Foshan Air Base 61X5X J-20A Nanning Base
5th Air Brigade Guangxi, Guilin, Qifengling Air Base 61X6X J-20A Nanning Base
6th Air Brigade Guangdong, Zhanjiang, Suixi Airbase 61X7X J-16、Su-35 Nanning Base
26th Air Brigade Guangdong, Huizhou, Huizhou Airbase 63X7X J-16 Nanning Base
54th Air Brigade Hunan, Changsha, Tianxin Airbase 66X5X Su-30MKK Nanning Base
124th Air Brigade Guangxi, Baise, Tianyang Airbase 73X5X J-10C Nanning Base
125th Air Brigade Guangxi, Nanning, Wushu Airbase 73X6X J-16 Nanning Base
126th Air Brigade Guangxi, Liuzhou, Bailian Airbase 73X7X JH-7A Nanning Base
130th Air Brigade Yunnan, Honghe, Mengzi Airbase 74X1X J-10C Kunming Base
131st Air Brigade Yunnan Qujing, Luliang Airbase 74X2X J-20A Kunming Base
132nd Air Brigade Yunnan, Dali, Yunnanyi Airbase 74X3X J-7E Kunming Base
808th Air Brigade Hainan, Lin'gao 8XX8X J-11BH Formerly Naval Aviation 8th Brigade
809th Air Brigade Hainan, Ledong 8XX9X JH-7A Formerly Naval Aviation 9th Brigade

Bomber Units

Unit Name Homebase Serials Range Aircraft Type Comments
22nd Air Brigade Hunan, Shaoyang, Shaodong 1XX9X H-6K 8th Bomber Division
23rd Air Brigade Hunan, Hengyang, Leiyang 1XX9X H-6U 8th Bomber Division
24th Air Regiment Hunan, Hengyang, Leiyang 1XX9X H-6K 8th Bomber Division

Special Mission Units

Unit Name Homebase Serials Range Aircraft Type Comments
58th Air Regiment Guizhou, Guiyang 3XX1X Y-8G，运侦-8 20th Special Mission Division
59th Air Regiment Guizhou, Zunyi 3XX1X Y-8G，运侦-8 20th Special Mission Division
60th Air Regiment Guizhou, Guiyang 3XX1X Y-9G，Y-9X，Y-8X 20th Special Mission Division

List of leaders

Commanders

English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes
Xu Anxiang 徐安祥 February 2016 December 2017
Zhou Li [zh] 周利 December 2017 March 2023
Qiao Xiangji [zh] 乔相记 March 2023

Political commissars

English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes
An Zhaoqing 安兆庆 February 2016 January 2017 [3]
Xu Xisheng 徐西盛 2017 2023
Xu Liqian [zh] 徐立谦 2023

Chief of staffs

English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes
Zheng Yuanlin 郑元林 2016 December 2018

References

  1. ^ Li Xuanliang (李宣良) (1 February 2016). 中国人民解放军战区成立大会在北京举行. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Orbats". www.scramble.nl. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  3. ^ Yu Chengjun (余承君) (21 January 2017). 长安街知事：沈金龙安兆庆朱生岭晋升中将半年后再进步. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 September 2021.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Theater_Command_Air_Force
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