CHINESE COMMUNIST AIR FORCE ORDER OF BATTLE

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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 13, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
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Chinese Cotu iunist Air Force
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0 ? . )1, three flights form one squadron (~, )1 three squadrons form
one group (t t4A, three groups form one wing (~_ P ), and four wings
form one division (A -J )
The 1 and 2 Air Divisions are already formed. The 1 Division is under HUANG
Jui ( ) and consists of the following: The 1 Wing vdith the 1, 2, and
3 Groups, equipped entirely with jet fighters; the 3 Wing with 7 and 8 Groups,
equipped with bombers, and the 9 Group, equipped with reconnaissance planes;
and the to Wing with 10., 3.1, and 12 Groups equipped with transport planes.
The 2 Division is under LIU Wei lun (3 l and consists of the following:
The 5 Wing with the 13, ih, gad 15 Groups, equipped like the 1 Wing; the 6
Wing with the 16, 17, and 18 Groups, equipped like the 2 Wing2; the 7 Wing
with the 19, 20, and 21 Groups, equipped like the 3 ing; and the 8 Wing with
the 22, 23, and 24 Groups, equipped like the 4 Wing,
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1. The Chinese Communist Air Force is under the jurisdiction of the Revolutionary
Military Council and is under the command of Chinese Communist Amy Head-
quarters. The c o$maander is LIU Ya-lou and the political commissar in LI
TOE (, : )?
2. The organisation pattern is as follows: Three p1=es form one flight
5. The 1 Air Division is now stationed in the Northeast, with the mission of
participating in the Korean War and protecting the Northeast. The 5.Wing
is stationed in the East China Area. The 16 Group is in the South China
Area. The 17 and 18 Groups are in the North China Area. The 7 and 8 Wings
Each air division has 330 planes including 162 jet fighters, 54 bombers, 27
reconnoissance planes, 81 transports, and 6 trainers.
are, scattered through the East, South, and North China Areas.
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6. Air Force units for the Northwest and Southa st China Areas are being
formed, and their organization will be completed by the end of 1951.
7. The Civil Aviation Command is under the jurisdiction of the Revolutionary
Military Council and is assigned to the Air Force Command. It has 81
old transports and is responsible for scheduled flights between Shanghai,
Hankow, Chungking, Chlengtu, and 'Peiping.
1. Comments The characters_;or "squadron" and ",s"light"
and ; w Pt is usually t .?ahslated "squadron,"
2. 1 (Comments Although reference is made here to the 2 Wing, the
description oo the components of that unit is m. ssing in the foregoing
bs akdown of the 1 Air Division.
(Comment: The order of battle as described here does not
provide for the several "air regiments" (1 t) which are so often
identified in
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