The Central Theater Command Air Force is the air force under the Central Theater Command. Its headquarters is in Beijing. The current commander is Han Shengyan and the current political commissar is .

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

Functional Departments General Staff Political Work Department Logistics Department Disciplinary Inspection Committee

Directly Subordinate Units

Theater Subordinate Unit Information and Communication Brigade(Directly under the Theater General Staff office)

Headquarter Bases Bases, or "HQ Bases" (基地) are Deputy corps-grade units that have jurisdiction over a number of brigades or regiments, each assigned to a home airbase (基站) or aerodrome (机场) Datong air force Base Wuhan air force Base

Air Units Source:

Fighter Units Division NameBrigade NameHome BaseSerials RangeAircraft TypeComments7th Fighter Aviation Division19th Air BrigadeHebei, Zhangjiakou, Ningyuan Airbase 63X0XJ-11B, J-20ADatong Base21st Air BrigadeBeijing, Yanqing, Yanqing Airbase 63X2XJ-11B/BGDatong Base43th Air BrigadeShanxi, Shouzhou, Huairen Airbase65X4XJ-10ADatong Base70th Air BrigadeHebei, Tangshan, Zunhua Airbase 68X1X J-10ADatong Base72nd Air BrigadeTianjin, Wuqing, Yangcun Airbase 68X3X J-10CDatong Base52nd Air BrigadeHubei, Wuhan, Shanpo Airbase66X3XJ-7GWuhan Base53rd Air BrigadeHubei, Xianyang, Laohekou Airbase66X4XJ-10BWuhan Base56th Air BrigadeHenan, Zhengzhou, Matougang Airbase66X7XJ-20AWuhan Base

Bomber Units Unit NameHomebaseUnit NumbersAircraft TypeComments106th Air BrigadeHenan, Nanyang, Neixiang Airbase55X3XH-6NDirectly controlled by Theater Command107th Air BrigadeShaanxi, Xi'an, Lingtong4XX7XH-6H36th Bomber Division空108团Shaanxi, Xianyang, Wugong4XX7XH-6K36th Bomber Division

Transport Units Unit NameHome BaseSerials RangeAircraft TypeNotes37th Air RegimentHenan, Kaifeng2XX4XY-2013th Transport Division38th Air RegimentHubei, Wuhan2XX4XY-20, YY-2013th Transport Division39th Air Regiment Hubei, Yicheng, Dangyang2XX4XIl-7613th Transport Division100th Air RegimentBeijing, Xijiao Air BaseB-40XXAirbus 319、Boeing 737、CRJ200、Bombardier CRJ70034th Transport Division101st Air RegimentBeijing, Shahe Airbase B-40XXEC225、AS33234th Transport Division102nd Air RegimentBeijing, Daxing Airport B-40XXBoeing 73734th Transport Division

Special Mission Unit Unit NameHome BaseSerials RangeAircraft TypeCommentsSpecial Mission RegimentBeijing 55X4X Tu-154D、Learjet-35A/36A

UAV Unit Unit NameHome BaseSerials RangeAircraft TypeComments151st Air BrigadeHebei, Cangzhou Chengdu GJ-1

List of leaders Commanders English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes Zhuang Kezhu January 2016 July 2018 Han Shengyan July 2018 December 2025

Political commissars English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes January 2016 January 2017 Guo Puxiao January 2017 December 2019 April 2020 2021韩晓东December 2021April 2024商亚恒May 2024

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