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Republic Of China Air Force Academy
The Republic of China Air Force Academy (CAFA; ) is the service academy for the air force of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and is located in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History Mainland China The Republic of China Air Force Academy was initially established in 1928 in Nanjing as the Central Army Academy's Aviation Corps, then reorganized as the Central Army Academy's Aviation Class in 1929. In 1931, it was moved from Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport, Dajiaochang Airport to Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport, Jianqiao Airport in Jianggan District, Jianggan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang. A year later in 1932, the name was changed to Central Aviation School. And in 1938, it was finally changed to Air Force Academy. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, War of Resistance-WWII, following the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Nanjing, the Air Force Academy was relocated to the Kunming Wujiaba International Airport, Kunming Wujiaba airbase Taiwan After the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the acade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jianqiao Airport
Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport (or Hangzhou Air Base), formerly romanized as Schien Chiao, is a People's Liberation Army Air Force Base in Hangzhou, the capital city of East China's Zhejiang province. It is located in the town of Jianqiao in Jianggan District, about 7 miles northeast of the city center. It served as the city's civilian airport from 1 January 1957 until 29 December 2000, when all commercial flights were transferred to the newly-built Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport. History Jianqiao was developed into an airfield and flight training institute in 1922 under support and directives of the List of warlords and military cliques in the Warlord Era, Anhui clique warlord Lu Yongxiang (warlord), Lu Yongxiang and World War I veteran ace fighter pilot Zhu Binhou, with a squadron of aircraft that included Breguet 14s. Jianqiao air force base was then consolidated in 1931 in wake of the Mukden Incident by the Nationalist Government (China), Nationalist Government of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Nanjing
The Battle of Nanking (or Nanjing) was fought in early December 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War between the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army for control of Nanjing ( zh, c=南京, p=Nánjīng), the capital of the Republic of China. Following the outbreak of war between Japan and China in July 1937, the Japanese and Chinese forces engaged in the vicious three-month Battle of Shanghai, where both sides suffered heavy casualties. The Japanese eventually won the battle, forcing the Chinese army into a withdrawal. Capitalizing on their victory, the Japanese officially authorized a campaign to capture Nanjing. The task of occupying Nanjing was given to General Iwane Matsui, the commander of Japan's Central China Area Army, who believed that the capture of Nanjing would force China to surrender and thus end the war. Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek ultimately decided to defend the city and appointed Tang Shengzhi to command the Nanjing Garr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaohsiung Metro
Kaohsiung Metro () is a rapid transit and light rail system covering the metropolitan area of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Its rapid transit network is known as Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit System or Kaohsiung Rapid Transit (KRT). Construction of the MRT started in October 2001. The MRT opened in 2008 and the Circular light rail in 2015. Kaohsiung Metro is operated by the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation (KRTC; ) under a Build-Operate-Transfer, BOT contract the company signed with the Kaohsiung City Government. The system uses romanizations derived from Tongyong Pinyin. History The Kaohsiung City Government undertook a feasibility study for constructing a rapid transit system in Kaohsiung in 1987. After finding favorable results, the city government began lobbying the Central Government for approval and funding. In 1990, approval was obtained to establish the ''Kaohsiung City Mass Rapid Transit Bureau'' and planning of the rapid transit network started. The first phase of the ''Kaohsiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital Metro Station
Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital is the station on the Red line of Kaohsiung MRT in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Formerly Gangshan South station, it was renamed in 2024 with the extension of Red line to Gangshan station. The station is an at-grade station. It is located in the KMRT North Depot. On 30 June 2024, the extension which link it with Gangshan station has been operated. Around the station * Agongdian River * Republic of China Air Force Academy * Republic of China Air Force Museum * Museum of Shadow Puppets * Showtime Live Gangshan * Liucuo Park * Gangshan Riverside Park * Dianbao River Wetlands (典寶溪濕地) See also * List of railway stations in Taiwan A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yue Yiqin
) , image = Yue Yi-chin.png , caption = , birth_date = , death_date = , birth_place = Lushan, Sichuan, First Republic of China , death_place = Nanking, Republican China , nickname = , allegiance = Republic of China , branch = Republic of China Air Force , serviceyears = 1931–37 , rank = Major (posthumous) , unit = 22nd PS/4th PG21st PS/4th PG , commands = 21st PS/4th PG , battles = Second Sino-Japanese War *Battle of Shanghai *Battle of Nanking , awards = Five Star Medal , relations = Yue Fei (distant ancestor) Yue Yiqin (or Yue Yi-chin, zh, t=樂以琴, p=Yuè Yǐqín, w=Yüeh I-ch'in; November 11, 1914 – December 3, 1937) was a flying ace of the Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He achieved five confirmed aerial victories until his death in combat during the Battle of Nanking. Notably, his family claimed to descend from Yue Fei, a Chinese general and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yen Ming
Yen Ming (; born 14 November 1949) was the Minister of Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China), National Defense of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 8 August 2013 to 30 January 2015. Education Yen graduated from the Republic of China Air Force Academy in Kaohsiung. Early career Upon graduation, Yen worked his way through the Republic of China Air Force, serving as a wing commander, president of Republic of China Air Force Academy, Air Force Academy, Air Force chief of staff and Air Force deputy commanding general. ROC Air Force General General position appointment In October 2008, Yen was promoted as the General of the Air Force. ROC Armed Forces Chief of the General Staff Chief of the General Staff position appointment On 3 January 2013, the Ministry of the Interior (Republic of China), Ministry of the Interior announced that President Ma Ying-jeou had approved the appointment of Yen to the position of Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tang Fei
Tang Fei (; born 15 March 1932) is a Taiwanese politician and retired ROC Air Force general. He served as the prime minister of Taiwan from May 20 to October 2000, under the Chen Shui-bian government of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). However, as a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he did not agree with Chen and the DPP's policies and resigned five months after assuming the premiership. Biography Tang Fei was born on March 15, 1932, in Taicang, Jiangsu, Republic of China. He enrolled in the Chinese Air Force Preparatory School at the age of 12 and graduated in 1950. He later studied at the Republic of China Air Force Academy from which he graduated in 1952. He completed advanced military education at the Air Force Squadron Officers' Course in 1963, Air Force Command and General Staff College of the Armed Forces University in 1971, and the War College in 1979. He served in a wide range of combat, staff, and overseas positions during his military career, starting as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shen Yi-ming
Shen Yi-ming (; 30 March 1957 – 2 January 2020) was a Taiwanese military officer who served as a Republic of China Air Force general and the Chief of the General Staff, Deputy Minister of National Defense for Policy, and Commander of the ROC Air Force. On 2 January 2020, he was killed in a military helicopter crash while on a routine mission. Early life and education Shen was born in Shilin, Taipei, Taiwan in 1957. His ancestral home is in Yixing, Wuxi, Jiangsu. He graduated from the Republic of China Air Force Academy in 1979, where his general officer classmates included General Wu Wan-chiao (吳萬教) and Lieutenant General Ko Wen-an (柯文安). He graduated from the Air Command and Staff College in 1992 and from the Air War College in the United States in 2002. Military career He trained in Saudi Arabia for one year as part of the Peace Bell Program (known as Great Desert Program in Taiwan), active between 1975 and 1990. After the Republic of China Air Force acqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsi-Chun Mike Hua
Hsi-Chun "Mike" Hua ( Chinese: 華錫鈞) was a Republic of China Air Force general and military aviator who played a leading role in the development of the Air Force and of aeronautics in Taiwan. He was known in Taiwan as "the father of the Indigenous Defense Fighter", a reference to the Taiwanese built AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo fighter jet. Hua was born on December 6, 1925 in Wuxi, China. After immigrating to Taiwan during the Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan as a result of the 1949 Chinese Civil War, he graduated from the Republic of China Air Force Academy and qualified to fly the F-86 Sabre. He then attended the US Air Force Lockheed U-2 pilot training academy. On August 3, 1959, during his seventh U-2 training flight, Hua was the hero of a famous aviation incident. Thirteen miles above Utah, he lost engine power. Flying dead stick, he located the Cortez Municipal Airport and successfully landed his U-2, a notoriously difficult plane to land even in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gao Youxin
Gao (or Gawgaw/Kawkaw) is a city in Mali and the capital of the Gao Region. The city is located on the River Niger, east-southeast of Timbuktu on the left bank at the junction with the Tilemsi valley. For much of its history Gao was an important commercial centre involved in the trans-Saharan trade. In the 9th century external Arabic writers described Gao as an important regional power, and by the end of the 10th century, the local ruler was said to be a Muslim. Towards the end of the 13th century, Gao became part of the Mali Empire. In the first half of the 15th century the town regained its independence. With the conquests of Sunni Ali (ruled 1464–1492) it became the capital of the Songhai Empire. The Empire collapsed after the Moroccan invasion in 1591 and the invaders chose to make Timbuktu their capital. By the time of Heinrich Barth's visit in 1854, Gao had declined to become an impoverished village with 300 huts constructed from matting. In 2009, the urban com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of National Defense (Republic Of China)
The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China (MND; ) is the ministry of the Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC), which is now based primarily in the Taiwan Area but Republic of China (1912–1949), formerly governed Mainland China prior to 1949. It is responsible for all National security, defense and military affairs of Taiwan and free area of the Republic of China, surrounding area. The MND has been headed by Minister Koo Li-hsiung, Wellington Koo since 2024. History The MND was originally established as Ministry of War in 1912 at the creation of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China. It established a military occupation operation center in Taipei, Formosa in November 1945, following the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Douglas MacArthur's September 2, 1945 General Order No. 1, for the surrender of Japanese troops and auxiliary forces in Formosa and the Pescadores to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. It was changed to the Ministry of National D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feng Shih-kuan
Feng Shih-kuan (; born 25 November 1945) is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Republic of China Air Force from 1967 to 2006, retiring with the rank of General before assuming the post of Minister of National Defense in 2016. Feng stepped down in 2018 and was succeeded by Yen Teh-fa. Education Feng completed his education at the Chinese Air Preparatory School of the Ministry of National Defense in 1963. He graduated from the Republic of China Air Force Academy in 1967. In 1977, he obtained his Flight Safety Officer Class from the University of Southern California in the United States. In 1981, he completed his study from the Armed Forces University in the Chinese Air Command and Staff College in 1981 and in the Chinese War College in 1988. Non-military career Feng joined Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation as company chairman on 2 May 2006. He was hired to oversee the completion of upgrades to the AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo, which had been ongoing for seven years a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
