formation of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Today, the 8th Bomber Division is assigned to the Southern Theater Command and operates Xian H-6 bombers. The...

second bomber unit in the People's Republic of China following the creation of the 8th Bomber Division less than two months before. Like the 8th Bomber Division...

(PLAAF) is an air formation of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The 36th Bomber Division is one of only three bomber divisions in the PLAAF and is presently...

version of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 and remains the primary bomber aircraft of the People's Republic of China. Delivery of the Tu-16 to China began in...

A strategic bomber is a medium- to long-range penetration bomber aircraft designed to drop large amounts of air-to-ground weaponry onto a distant target...

The Republic of China Army (ROCA), also known as the ROC Army or Chinese Army and unofficially as the Taiwanese Army, is the largest branch of the Republic...

The People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China has had many divisions since it was officially established in 1949. However, a growing...

transporters, mostly of decades-old Soviet and Chinese origin. Its primary task is to defend North Korean airspace. In April 2022, the Korean People's Army Air and...

question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous...

The People's Liberation Army Navy, also known as the People's Navy, PLA Navy or simply Chinese Navy, is the naval warfare branch of the People's Liberation...

Dictionary of the People's Republic of China. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6443-6. "China and the world comparative timeline" (PDF). China: Journey...

E. Weatherington assumed command of 8th Air Force on 12 June 2020. Eighth Air Force was established as VIII Bomber Command on 19 January 1942 and activated...

Division is a formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force. The division headquarters was established from Headquarters 71st Division (Chinese:...

Shooting Star 49-8708 of the 8th Fighter-Bomber Group, Korea, 1950 North American F-86F-30-NA Sabres of the 8th Fighter-Bomber Group, Korea, 1953. Serial...

to form the People's Liberation Army shortly after the end of the war. With the promulgation of the Constitution of the Republic of China in 1947 and...

November 11, 1965, Li Xianbin, a PLAAF captain of Ilyushin Il-28 of the 8th division flew his bomber numbered 0195 from Jianqiao air base in Hangzhou...

The Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO) was an Allied offensive of strategic bombing during World War II in Europe. The primary portion of the CBO was directed...

twin-engined bomber in the Indonesian People's Security Force. There is a Ki-48 on display at the Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow. The China Aviation...

Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that...

force of Italian Social Republic and also the air unit of National Republican Army. It was organized into three fighter groups, one torpedo bomber group...

People's Revolutionary Army [ko], was established on 25 April 1932. This revolutionary army was transformed into the People's Army in anticipation of...

Military Region was one of seven military regions in the People's Republic of China. It directed all People's Liberation Army and People's Armed Police forces...

defend the Republic of Korea from attack from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) or more commonly known as North Korea. The mission of Seventh...

all PLA divisions into brigades. The NRA Division (Chinese: 整編師, 編制師) was a military unit of the Republic of China. The original pattern of the infantry...

the war, on June 25, 1950. Republic of Korea Armed Forces Capital Guard Command, Seoul & Ongjin 3rd Infantry Regiment 8th Infantry Regiment 17th Infantry...

The People's Republic of China has intervened in foreign countries on numerous occasions. Traditionally, official stances by China included a non-intervention...

MUCK-dee, Chinese: 部队代号; pinyin: bùduì dàihào) is a unique five-digit number used by the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China to externally...

officer of the 8th Fighter-Bomber Group. After returning to the United States in December 1953, he was appointed as commander of the 510th Fighter-Bomber Squadron...

puppet state of Japan known as Manchukuo, and Mongolia was a communist state allied with the Soviet Union, known as the Mongolian People's Republic. The Japanese...

the Chinese Communist Party's victory in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, and especially post the Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China. The...