The Southern Theater Command Air Force is the air force under the

Southern Theater Command The Southern Theater Command () is one of the Theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessor was the Guangzhou Military Region. Its jurisdicti ...

. Its headquarters is in

Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

. The current commander is and the current political commissar is .

History

On 1 February 2016, the founding meeting of the Southern Theater Command Air Force was held at the August First Building in

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

, China.

Functional department

* General Staff * Political Work Department * Logistics Department * Disciplinary Inspection Committee

Direct units

Main Bases

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Air Units

Fighter Units

Bomber Units

Special Mission Units

List of leaders

Commanders

Political commissars

Chiefs of staff

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Southern Theater Command Air Force Southern Theater Command Air force units and formations of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Military units and formations established in 2016 2016 establishments in China