In modern warfare, whoever has the air superiority will have the initiative in the war. The air battlefield is increasingly becoming the main battlefield that determines the outcome of the war.
Over the past half century, China Air Force has grown from scratch, from weak to strong, and now it has developed into a modern service with aviation units as the main body, including surface-to-air missile units, anti-aircraft artillery units, radar units, airborne troops and other professional and technical arms.
The blue sky and the Great Wall from scratch.
1946 In March, the first aviation school of China People's Liberation Army was formally established in Tonghua, Northeast China, an airport abandoned by the Japanese army.
The original People's Air Force was faced with ruins, a runway full of craters and several broken planes. If gasoline is insufficient, use alcohol instead; If there is no seat belt, use hemp rope instead; There are not enough propellers, just a few planes share one; Bicycle pump is used to inflate airplane tires because it is rough. The soldiers even used horses to pull the plane onto the runway. Entrepreneurs of China Air Force have created one miracle after another in the world aviation history under simple and arduous conditions, and finally realized the difficult take-off of China Air Force.
Today, as the main body of China Air Force, aviation has various fighters, attack planes, bombers, transport planes and reconnaissance planes. , and has a considerable level of long-range operations, high-speed maneuvers, air strikes, air support, air transportation, air reconnaissance and support for the army and navy, and has built the "Great Wall of Blue Sky" in China's airspace.
The pride of the eagle in the air
1949 1 October1Sunday at 4: 30 p.m., the first flight team of the China People's Liberation Army Air Force appeared in the formation of 17 aircraft over founding ceremony, People's Republic of China (PRC). Mao Zedong, who led the army to fight on the ground for 22 years, reviewed his aerial echelon affectionately for the first time. Commander-in-Chief Zhu De said excitedly: "Today I became the real commander-in-chief of the three armed forces!"
A month later, the China People's Liberation Army Air Force was formally established. Mao Zedong's demand for it is to "build a powerful people's air force to defend the motherland and prepare to defeat the aggressors".
1June 950 19, the first aviation unit of China Air Force was formally established, and a number of combat troops and aviation schools were established one after another. Air force aviation shoulders the sacred mission of defending the motherland's airspace with immature wings.
1950, the Korean War broke out and the war soon reached the Yalu River. In order to defend the country, less than a year later, China Air Force Air Force bravely stepped onto the air combat stage.
During the Korean War, the United States and its allies dispatched more than 1200 combat aircraft. Most pilots took part in World War II, and the longest flight time reached 3000 hours. However, China Air Force Aviation has only two newly formed divisions and two regiments, with combat aircraft 1 14. Most pilots only fly for 50 to 60 hours.
The disparity of power contrast made MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the American Far East Army at that time, declare that China had no air force at all.
However, it is this China Air Force that is not an opponent at all in the eyes of Americans, but it has set an impressive record:
195 1 year 1 month 29th, eight planes of China Air Force took off to meet the US military 16 F-84s. Li Han, the captain of the battalion, is quick-witted and quick-witted. He grasped the enemy's No.3 aircraft tightly and shot it down with three shots, which was the first case of shooting down an enemy plane in the air combat history of China Air Force.
Wang Hai and his flight brigade participated in air combat for more than 80 times, shooting down and injuring 29 enemy planes, and Wang Hai alone shot down and injured 9 enemy planes. His brigade also created an amazing score of fifteen to zero.
1February, 952 10, Captain Zhang, who flew less than 100 hours, shot down American ace pilot Davis, who fought 266 times in World War II and flew for more than 3,000 hours. This shocked the American ruling and opposition parties and regarded it as "a heavy blow to the Far East Air Force" and "a painful loss". Vandenberg, chief of staff of the US Air Force, exclaimed: "* * * China has become one of the world's air force powers almost overnight."
During the Korean War, China's Air Force shot down 330 enemy planes and injured 95, which was the first time in the history of air combat in the world to shoot down a jet plane with a piston plane.
Since the birth of China Air Force, aviation has cooperated closely with ground-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft guns, radars and other units, and achieved brilliant results in shooting down and injuring 38 18 enemy planes.
Fly to modernization
In the past 50 years, the combat effectiveness of China Air Force aviation has undergone qualitative changes. With the strengthening of national strength and the rapid development of the national aviation industry, the Air Force Aviation has successively equipped a large number of combat aircraft designed and manufactured by China, realizing the leap from propeller to jet, from subsonic to supersonic, and the performance of the fighters has been continuously improved, and the supporting airborne equipment and weapons such as air-to-air missiles, air-to-surface missiles, airborne radars, fire control systems, communication and navigation equipment and flight control systems have been greatly improved.
At present, the air force aviation has formed a powerful lineup consisting of various fighters, attack planes, bombers, transport planes, reconnaissance planes, aerial tankers and various special aircraft.
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