Preface Introduction Abbreviatio Chapter 1 Peistence and Courage ——The Birth ofthe People's Liberation Army Air Force “Newborn”一Liu Yalou Assigned to Build Air Force “Planting the Seed”一The CPC’S Fit Pilots and Aircraft The“Cradle”一The“Old Northeast Aviation Academy” “Take—Off'’一The Fit Flight Squadron and the Fit Air Force Unit “Growing Up”一The Fit Test of the People’S Air Force Chapter 2 In the Skies of the Korean Peniula Ready for Challenge Breaking the Myth “The Heroic Wang Hai Group” Bombing the Taehwa—do&Sohwa—do Innovative Tactics to De,at the Enemy A Handshake Over the Pacific Chapter 3 Creating a “ Territorial Air Defee”| Air Power The Liberation of Yijiangshan Islands Striking High—Altitude Reconnaissance Aircraft Exterminating the“Black Bat” Hunting the“Black Widow” Fighting agait Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft Beating High—Altitude Unmanned Reconnaissance Aircraft Fighting Second—Generation Fighter Aircraft Chapter 4 Composition of the PLA Air Force Arms The Air Force Aviation Arm SAM Units Radar Units Air Force Communicatio Units Airborne Troop Other Military Arms Chapter 5 Main Equipment of the PLA Air Force Development of the PLA Air Force Equipment Aviation Equipment Radar Equipment Chapter 6 Peacetime Missio Disaster Relief Supposing National Economic Development Chapter 7 A Special Group ——Women Pilots China’S Fit Group of Women Pilots Women Fighter Pilots Flying over Tiananmen China’S Fit Woman Pilot General Meritorious Woman Pilot The Fit Woman Commander of the PLA Aviation Division Overcoming Cancer tO Return to the Skies Chapter 8 Beyond Blue Skies ——International Exchanges and Cooperation Conductedby the PLAAF Open—Minded Gene Fights Make Friends A Special“Air Combat” Missio for Peace A Collision that Created Sparks Flying Farther and Higher into the Blue Sky Bibliography