People's Liberation Army Air Force

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The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), also known as Chinese Air Force or PLA Air Force is the primary aerial warfare service of the People's Liberation Army. The PLAAF controls most of the PLA's air assets, including tactical aircraft, large airlifters, and strategic bombers. It includes ground-based air defense assets, including national early-warning radars, and controls the Airborne Corps. The PLAAF traces its origins to the establishment of a small aviation unit by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1924, during the early years of the Republic of China, which received training from the Soviet Air Forces. The formal establishment of the PLAAF occurred on 11 November 1949, following the CCP's victory in the Chinese Civil War. Early on, the PLAAF operated a mix of captured Kuomintang and Soviet aircraft, first fighting in the Korean War, primarily using the Soviet MiG-15 fighter, against the United States Air Force (USAF). The PLAAF then shifted to enhancing air defense capabilities...

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