Southern Theater Command Air Force

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commanderZhou Li [zh]

Southern Theater Command Air Force
Southern Theater Command
Simplified Chinese	中国人民解放军南部战区空军
Traditional Chinese	中國人民解放軍南部戰區空軍
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Nánbù Zhànqū Kōngjūn

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 Zhou Li [zh] and the current political commissar is Xu Xisheng.

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

• PLA Air Force Liuzhou Aviation Equipment Training Base [zh]

Main Bases

• PLA Air Force Nanning Base [zh]
• PLA Air Force Kunming Base [zh]

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

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

Chief of staffs

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

References