Eastern Theater Command Air Force

Eastern Theater Command Air Force
Eastern Theater Command Air Force
	Eastern Theater Command
Simplified Chinese	中国人民解放军东部战区空军
Traditional Chinese	中國人民解放軍東部戰區空軍
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Dōngbù Zhànqū Kōngjūn

Eastern Theater Command Air Force
Eastern Theater Command Air Force
中国人民解放军东部战区空军
	Emblem of the People's Liberation Army Air Force
Active	2016–present
Country	People's Republic of China
Allegiance	Communist Party of China
Branch	People's Liberation Army Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Nanjing, Jiangsu
Motto(s)	为人民服务; "Serve the People"
Colors	Red and Blue
March	March of the Chinese Air Force
Commanders
Current; commander	Huang Guoxian

The Eastern Theater Command Air Force is the air force under the Eastern Theater Command. Its headquarters is in Nanjing, Jiangsu. The current commander is Huang Guoxian and the current political commissar is [zh].

History[]

On 1 February 2016, the founding meeting of the Eastern Theater Command Air Force was held at the August First Building in Beijing, China.^[1]

English name	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Huang Guoxian	黄国显	February 2016		^[2]

English name	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Liu Dewei	刘德伟	February 2016	July 2018
Yuan Huazhi	袁华智	December 2018	April 2019	^[3]
[zh]	钟卫国	June 2019		^[4]

English name	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Xu Xueqiang	许学强	2016	August 2017

^ Li Xuanliang (李宣良) (1 February 2016). 中国人民解放军战区成立大会在北京举行. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (23 February 2016). 东部战区空军领导层亮相黄国显任司令员. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ Yuan Jinming (吴金明) (15 January 2019). 海军陆战队首任政委袁华智已任东部战区空军政委. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (29 July 2019). 西部战区空军副政委钟卫国转岗东部战区. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 August 2021.