The People's Liberation Army Air Force Female Band () is a Chinese female amateur

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that is part of the PLA Air Force. The band was established in 1996 as an 8-member marching band. Today, it currently is composed of 56 musicians and part of the PLAAF Communications Branch. Despite being a female oriented band, in recent years it has also included male soldiers in its ranks to try and make it more pan-PLAAF.

Activities

The band has since 1999 had a presenceat the National Day

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on 1 October, with its drum major serving as one of the deputy directors of the joint-military band during the military parade. It has, over 300 times, participated in events such as

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s within and outside the

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on behalf of the PLAAF. The band has participated in social events like the Vietnam Youth Friendship Meeting or the China-Africa Youth Festival. It has performed in the

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12 times in 5 consecutive years. In 2017, it performed at the 5th Nanchang International Military Tattoo in Nanchang,

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. In 2014 and 2018, it participated in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Military Tattoo at

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and in

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respectively.

References

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