The People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation University () is a

military university A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned. ...

Changchun Changchun (, ; ), also romanized as Ch'angch'un, is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a , comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 c ...

, Jilin,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. As of fall 2014, the university has 7 campuses, consists of 7 departments, covers a total area of 36,000 mu, with more than 19,000,000 square meters of floor space.

History

The People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation University was originally established by the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

in 1946 as the "Northeastern Democratic United Army Aviation School" (). On 9 June 2004, the Air Force Changchun Flight Academy (), Air Force Second Aviation Academy (), Air Force Seventh Flight Academy () merged to form the People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation University. On 28 April 2012, the Air Force Thirteenth Flight Academy () merged into the university.

Academic structure

* Department of Aerospace Mechanical Engineering * Department of Aerospace Ordnance Engineering * Department of Aerospace Control Engineering * Department of Airline Electronic Engineering * Department of Air Reconnaissance Intelligence * Department of Military Simulation Engineering * Department of Aviation Lifesaving

Library collections

The PLA Air Force Aviation University's total collection amounts to more than 612,000 items.

Notable alumni

* Li Ming (Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering) * Yang Liwei * Zhai Zhigang * Fei Junlong * Nie Haisheng * Liu Boming * Jing Haipeng * Liu Yang * Wang Yaping *

Yu Xu Yu Xu (; March 1986 – November 12, 2016) was a Chinese female fighter pilot who served as a flight squadron leader in the August 1st aerobatic team of the People's Liberation Army Air Force. Early life Yu was born in Chengdu, the capital o ...

Tang Hongbo Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo (; born October 1975) is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut. He flew on his first spaceflight to the Tiangong space station as a part of the Shenzhou 12 mission. ...

Fang Ziyi Fang Ziyi (; 21 January 1917 – 17 March 2015) was a major general in the People's Liberation Army Air Force of China. He served as Deputy Commander of the Air Force of Beijing Military Region and Deputy Commander of the Air Force of Guangzho ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:PLA Air Force Aviation University Military academies of China Universities and colleges in Changchun Educational institutions established in 1946 Air force academies 1946 establishments in China