29th Fighter Division
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The 29th Fighter Division (29th FD, Chinese: 第29歼击机师; pinyin: Dì 29 Jiānjíjī Shī), also called the 29th Air Division was a fighter division of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) based in Quzhou, Zhejiang province. Headquartered at Quzhou Air Base, the unit was under the control of the Eastern Theater Command Air Force. The 29th operated Sukhoi Su-30MKK, Chengdu J-7H, and Shenyang J-8B aircraft in support of air operations in the East China Sea and Taiwan Strait. As of 2019, the division commander was Xu Xueqiang.[1] Since the near complete abolition of divisions from the PLA command structure around 2017, the previously subordinate 85th and 87th Fighter Regiments of the 29th FD survived as the 85th and 78th Fighter Brigades, respectively.[2]
29th Fighter Division | |
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第29歼击机师 | |
Active | 17 December 1953–c.2019 |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Branch | People's Liberation Army Air Force |
Type | Fixed wing aviation |
Size | Air division |
Part of | Fuzhou Base, Eastern Theater Command Air Force, Eastern Theater Command |
Garrison/HQ | Quzhou Air Base, Quzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China |
Engagements | |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Xu Xueqiang (as of 2019) |
Aircraft flown | |
Interceptor |