34th Transport Division (China)
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The 34th Transport Aviation Division is a formation of the
Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
People's Liberation Army Air Force. It was formed on 28 August 1963 initially with the 100th and 101st Regiments. Today it is headquartered at Beijing Nanyuan Airport in the
Central Theatre Command The Central Theater Command () is one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army of China, and was founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessors were the Beijing Military Region and Jinan Military Region. The International In ...
. It was equipped with Y-7, Y-8, and Il-18 transport aircraft, with the 100th, 101st, and 102nd Regiments. The formation appears to have been reorganised in 2017, with the 101st, 202nd, and 203rd Regiment transformed into a Transportation and Search and Rescue Brigade, with only the 100th Regiment surviving as part of the division, flying Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma and EC225 helicopters.


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Aviation Divisions of the People's Liberation Army Military units and formations established in 1963 {{China-mil-stub