Air Force Aviation University

People's Liberation Army
Air Force Aviation University
中国ちゅうごく人民じんみん解放かいほう军空军航空こうくう大学だいがく
Former names	Northeast China Democratic United Army Aviation School
Motto	砺志、尚武しょうぶ、博学はくがく、精せい训
Type	Military university
Established	1946; 78 years ago
Affiliation	PLA Air Force
President	Bai Chongming
Academic staff	894
Location	Changchun, Jilin, China
Campus	1,900 hectares (4,700 acres)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	中国ちゅうごく人民じんみん解放かいほう军空军航空こうくう大学だいがく
Traditional Chinese	中國ちゅうごく人民じんみん解放かいほう軍ぐん空軍くうぐん航空こうくう大學だいがく
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Kōngjūn Hángkōng Dàxué

The People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation University (Chinese: 中国ちゅうごく人民じんみん解放かいほう军空军航空こうくう大学だいがく) is a military university in Changchun, Jilin, China.^[2]

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 in 1946 as the "Northeastern Democratic United Army Aviation School" (Chinese: 东北民主みんしゅ联军航空こうくう学校がっこう).^[1]

On 9 June 2004, the Air Force Changchun Flight Academy (Chinese: 中国ちゅうごく人民じんみん解放かいほう军空军长春はる飞行学院がくいん), Air Force Second Aviation Academy (Chinese: 中国ちゅうごく人民じんみん解放かいほう军空军第二に航空こうくう学院がくいん), Air Force Seventh Flight Academy (Chinese: 中国ちゅうごく人民じんみん解放かいほう军空军第七なな飞行学院がくいん) merged to form the People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation University.^[1]

On 28 April 2012, the Air Force Thirteenth Flight Academy (Chinese: 中国ちゅうごく人民じんみん解放かいほう军空军第十じゅう三さん飞行学院がくいん) merged into the university.^[1]

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
Tang Hongbo
Fang Ziyi

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "空軍くうぐん航空こうくう大學だいがく". China's National Defense Ministry (in Chinese). 2007-08-24. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
^ "飞行学院がくいん介かい绍：空そら军航空こうくう大学だいがく". China's National Defense Ministry (in Chinese). 2009-09-09. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-22.

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[tigers-1] "空軍くうぐん航空こうくう大學だいがく". China's National Defense Ministry (in Chinese). 2007-08-24. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-22.

[2] "飞行学院がくいん介かい绍：空そら军航空こうくう大学だいがく". China's National Defense Ministry (in Chinese). 2009-09-09. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-22.

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