Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force

The Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy (Chinese: 中国人民解放军空军司令员; pinyin: Zhōngguó rénmín jiěfàngjūn kōngjūn sīlìng yuán), is the title of the People's Liberation Army officer who serves as the commanding officer of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The 12th and current, commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force is Ding Laihang.

Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force
中国人民解放军空军司令员
Air Force Flag of the People's Republic of China
Incumbent
General Ding Laihang

since August 2017
Member of People's Liberation Army Air Force
SeatBeijing
Formation25 October 1949
First holderLiu Yalou

List of commanders

No. CommanderTook officeLeft officeTime in officeRef
1
Yalou, LiuGeneral
Liu Yalou
刘亚楼

(1910–1965)
25 October 19497 May 1965 15 years, 6 months[1]
2
Faxian, WuLieutenant general
Wu Faxian
吴法宪

(1915–2004)
May 1965September 19716 years, 3 months[1][2]
3
Ning, MaMajor general
Ma Ning
马宁

(1922–2010)
May 1973February 19773 years, 9 months[2][3]
4
Tingfa, ZhangMajor general
Zhang Tingfa
张廷发

(1918–2010)
April 1977July 19858 years, 3 months[3]
5
Hai, WangGeneral
Wang Hai
王海

(born 1926)
July 1985November 19927 years, 4 months[3]
6
Shuangming, CaoGeneral
Cao Shuangming
曹双明

(1929–2019)
November 1992October 19941 year, 11 months[3]
7
Zhenwu, YuGeneral
Yu Zhenwu
于振武

(born 1931)
October 1994November 19962 years, 1 month[3]
8
Shunyao, LiuGeneral
Liu Shunyao
刘顺尧

(1939–2002)
November 1996May 20025 years, 6 months[3]
9
Qingchen, QiaoGeneral
Qiao Qingchen
乔清晨

(born 1939)
May 2002August 20075 years, 3 months.
10
Qiliang, XuGeneral
Xu Qiliang
许其亮

(born 1950)
September 2007October 20125 years, 2 months.
11
Xiaotian, MaGeneral
Ma Xiaotian
马晓天

(born 1949)
October 2012August 20174 years, 10 months[4]
12
Laihang, DingGeneral
Ding Laihang
丁来杭

(born 1957)
August 2017Incumbent3 years, 6 months[4]

References

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