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on April 30, 1955. The division was then a part of the

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. On October 13, 1955, the division was transferred under the 1st Air Defense Force Corps' control. The division was then composed of: *503rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment *521st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment *527th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment *223rd Anti-Aircraft Radar Regiment *1st Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion of City Defense In June 1957, the division was transferred to the

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. In September, following the merge of the Air Force and the Air Defense Force, the division was formally redesignated as the 105th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division of Air Force(). In July 1958, the division was transferred to the Air Force of Fuzhou Military Region's control. On March 1, 1964, the division was redesignated as the 5th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division of Air Force(). The 503rd, 521st, and 527th regiments were redesignated as the 13th, 14th, and 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments, respectively. On December 5, 1966, the division moved to

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. On May 20, 1967, the 5th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division, along with the 1st Naval Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 3 AAA battalions from the 38th Army Corps, and the 2nd Battalion of 2nd Searchlight Regiment of Air Force, entered

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as the 35th Column of the Chinese Logistics Forces, to participate in air-defense missions in the vicinity of

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. From May 1967 to January 1968, the division allegedly destroyed 139 US aircraft and damaged another 121, and captured 26 US pilots. The division suffered 42 KIA and 269 wounded. From January 5 to 20, 1968, the division returned from North Vietnam and redeployed to Fujian. The division was then under the 8th Air Force Corps' control. In August 1969, the division moved to Beijing and transferred to

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's control. On March 31, 1970, the division moved to

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. On April 28, 1976, the division moved to

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. In September 1985, the division combined with the 7th Surface-to-Air Missile Regiment and reorganized into the 5th Composite Air Defense Brigade of Air Force()1985全军整编前，中国人民解放军空军19个高炮师简史, 网易新闻, https://www.163.com/dy/article/FRPDE1MI05371OB2.html In December 1993 the brigade was disbanded.

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