Chinese Air Force

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air force military branch

The Chinese Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of China’s armed forces, responsible for defending the nation’s airspace and conducting air operations in both wartime and peacetime.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
People's Liberation Army Air Force 60
Chinese Air Force canonical 9
People’s Liberation Army Air Force 5

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
allegiance Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
commanderInChiefTitle Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force ⓘ
commandStructure Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
surface form: Central Military Commission
country China ⓘ
dateFounded 1949-11-11 ⓘ
doctrine informationized warfare ⓘ
integrated air and space operations ⓘ
offensive and defensive operations ⓘ
foundedAfter establishment of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
hasCapability air defense of national airspace ⓘ
airborne operations ⓘ
conventional precision strike ⓘ
long-range strike ⓘ
nuclear delivery ⓘ
strategic airlift ⓘ
hasComponent air defense forces ⓘ
airborne troops ⓘ
bomber aviation ⓘ
electronic warfare units ⓘ
fighter aviation ⓘ
radar troops ⓘ
surface-to-air missile units ⓘ
training institutions ⓘ
transport aviation ⓘ
hasMission conduct peacetime air patrols ⓘ
defend China's airspace sovereignty ⓘ
participate in disaster relief operations ⓘ
participate in international military exchanges ⓘ
participate in joint operations with other PLA services ⓘ
protect key strategic assets ⓘ
support national reunification objectives ⓘ
headquartersLocation Beijing ⓘ
isOneOf largest air forces in the world ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
modernizationFocus airborne early warning and control ⓘ
integrated air defense systems ⓘ
stealth fighters ⓘ
strategic transport ⓘ
unmanned systems ⓘ
motto 为人民服务 ⓘ
nativeName Chinese Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 中国人民解放军空军
notableActivity air patrols around Taiwan ⓘ
air patrols in the East China Sea ⓘ
participation in international air exercises ⓘ
operates airborne early warning aircraft ⓘ
bomber aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
surface-to-air missile systems ⓘ
tanker aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
unmanned aerial vehicles ⓘ
partOf People's Liberation Army ⓘ
primaryAEWModel KJ-2000 ⓘ
KJ-500 ⓘ
primaryBomberModel Xian H-6 ⓘ
primaryFighterModel Chengdu J-10 ⓘ
Chengdu J-20 ⓘ
Sukhoi Su-27 ⓘ
surface form: Shenyang J-11

Shenyang J-16 ⓘ
primaryTankerModel YY-20 ⓘ
primaryTransportModel Y-20 ⓘ
regionOfOperations East Asia ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Western Pacific

border regions of China ⓘ
role aerial warfare ⓘ
airspace defense ⓘ
power projection ⓘ
strategic deterrence ⓘ
support to ground forces ⓘ
support to naval forces ⓘ
shortName Chinese Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: PLAAF
typeOfForces air and space forces ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Simplified Chinese ⓘ

Referenced by (80)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Xuzhou → involvedBranch → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
People's Liberation Army → hasBranch → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission → hasJurisdictionOver → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Nakajima Ki-43 → operator → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Chinese Air Force → nativeName → Chinese Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 中国人民解放军空军
Chinese Air Force → shortName → Chinese Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: PLAAF
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 → usedBy → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force
Breguet 19 → usedBy → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
Tupolev Tu-2 bomber → operator → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-2
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Tupolev Tu-4 bomber → usedBy → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-4
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Tupolev Tu-16 bomber → primaryUsers → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-16
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
PLA → hasPart → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: People's Liberation Army
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
PLA → militaryBranch → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: People's Liberation Army
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 → primaryUsers → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 → users → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Ilyushin Il-2 → usedBy → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
China United Airlines → foundedBy → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
China United Airlines → formerOwner → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 → primaryUser → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
AVG → branch → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: American Volunteer Group
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk → usedBy → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
Marshal of the People's Republic of China → militaryBranch → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Liuzhou Bailian Airport → hasMilitaryUser → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Lin Liguo → militaryBranch → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Il-28 bomber → primaryUsers → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
MiG fighter aircraft → usedBy → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Ma Xiaotian → militaryBranch → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission → jurisdiction → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People’s Liberation Army Air Force
Office for Strategic Planning of the Central Military Commission → appliesToJurisdiction → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People’s Liberation Army Air Force
Soviet Polikarpov I-16 → primaryUser → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Polikarpov I-16
Reorganized National Government of China Air Force → distinctFrom → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
MiG-19 → operator → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force → appliesTo → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force → militaryBranch → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Chengdu J-10 → primaryUser → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Chengdu J-10 → operator → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Xian H-6 → usedBy → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People’s Liberation Army Air Force
KJ-2000 → operator → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
KJ-2000 → introducedBy → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
KJ-2000 → airForceBranch → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: PLAAF
YY-20 → operator → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People’s Liberation Army Air Force
YY-20 → operator → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: PLAAF
YY-20 → serviceBranch → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People’s Liberation Army Air Force
KJ-500 → operator → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
KJ-500 → enteredServiceWith → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Shenyang J-16 → operator → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Shenyang J-16 → enteredServiceWith → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Shenyang J-16 → serviceBranch → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Chengdu J-20 → operator → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force
Chengdu J-20 → primaryUser → Chinese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force