Huang Hengmei (; born December 1940) is a retired lieutenant general (''

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'') of the

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(PLAAF) of China. He served as commander of the

Chengdu Military Region The Chengdu Military Region was one of seven military districts and is located in the southwest of the People's Republic of China, covering Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and the Xizang/Tibet Autonomous Region. It includes some of the area ...

Air Force and the Lanzhou Military Region Air Force.

Biography

Huang was born in December 1940 in

Shuyang Shuyang () is a county in northern Jiangsu province. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Suqian. Shuyang sits on the Northern Jiangsu Plains and borders the cities of Xuzhou, Lianyungang and Huai'an to the north, east ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its ca ...

Province. He enlisted in the PLAAF in September 1958. He joined the

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in December 1961. He served in the 2nd Fighter Division in the

Guangzhou Military Region The Guangzhou Military Region was from 1955 to 2016 one of the People's Liberation Army PLA Military Regions, located in the south of the People's Republic of China. In May 1949, the Central China (Hua Zhong) Military Region (MR) was formed. In Ma ...

Air Force, starting as a pilot and eventually rose to division commander. He became deputy commander of the PLAAF 7th Corps in May 1983, and commander of the Shanghai Forward Headquarters in May 1988. In January 1991 he was promoted to deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region Air Force. In December 1993, Huang was transferred and promoted again, to commander of the

Air Force, and concurrently deputy commander of the Chengdu MR. He served in the positions for seven years, before being transferred to the same positions in the Lanzhou Military Region. He retired in December 2003. Huang attained the rank of major general in July 1990, and lieutenant general in July 1995. He was a member of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Hengmei 1940 births Living people People's Liberation Army generals from Jiangsu People's Liberation Army Air Force generals Delegates to the 8th National People's Congress Members of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference People from Suqian