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[font=Times New Roman][size=200]Imperial Chinese Air Force[/size][/font][hr]

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[center][b][font=georgia][size=160]Imperial Chinese Air Force[/size][/b]
[size=150][i]中华帝国空军[/i][/size] [size=80][/size]
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[center][background-block=#D8D8D8][color=black][b]Info[/b][/color][/background-block][/center]

[table=plain][tr][td][align=left][b][font=georgia]Active:[/font][/b][/align][/td][td][align=right][color=#000000][font=georgia][size=100]1920–present[/size][/font][/color][/align][/td][/tr]

[tr][td][align=left][b][font=georgia]Country:[/font][/b][/align][/td][td][align=right][color=#000000][img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_the_Qing_dynasty_%281889-1912%29.svg/26px-Flag_of_the_Qing_dynasty_%281889-1912%29.svg.png[/img][font=georgia][size=100] Empire of China[/size][/font][/color][/align][/td][/tr]

[tr][td][align=left][b][font=georgia]Type:[/font][/b][/align][/td][td][align=right][color=#000000][font=georgia][size=100]Air force[/size][/font][/color][/align][/td][/tr]

[tr][td][align=left][b][font=georgia]Role:[/font][/b][/align][/td][td][align=right][color=#000000][font=georgia][size=100]Aerial Warfare[/size][/font][/color][/align][/td][/tr]

[tr][td][align=left][b][font=georgia]Size:[/font][/b][/align][/td][td][align=right][color=#000000][font=georgia][size=100]400,000 personnel
9,000 aircraft[/size][/font][/color][/align][/td][/tr]

[tr][td][align=left][b][font=georgia]Garrison:[/font][/b][/align][/td][td][align=right][color=#000000][font=georgia][size=100]Imperial Air Force HQ,
Peking[/size][/font][/color][/align][/td][/tr]

[tr][td][align=left][b][font=georgia]Part of:[/font][/b][/align][/td][td][align=right][color=#000000][font=georgia][size=100][url=URL][colour=blue]Imperial Chinese Armed Forces[/colour][/url][/size][/font][/color][/align][/td][/tr][/table]

[center][background-block=#D8D8D8][color=black][b]Commanders[/b][/color][/background-block][/center]

[table=plain][tr][td][align=left][b][font=georgia]Qing Emperor:[/font][/b][/align][/td][td][align=right][color=#000000][font=georgia][size=100]Shunzhi Emperor
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[tr][td][align=left][b][font=georgia]Secretary of the
Air Force:[/font][/b][/align][/td][td][align=right][color=#000000][font=georgia][size=100]Song Lan[/size][/font][/color][/align][/td][/tr]

[tr][td][align=left][b][font=georgia]Marshal of the Air:[/font][/b][/align][/td][td][align=right][color=#000000][font=georgia][size=100]General
Cheng Bo[/size][/font][/color][/align][/td][/tr][/table]

[center][background-block=#D8D8D8][color=black][b]Insignia[/b][/color][/background-block][/center]

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[url=URL][color=blue][font=georgia][size=90][b]• Ranks of the military[/b][/size][/font][/color][/url]
[url=URL][color=blue][font=georgia][size=90][b]•  List of airplanes[/b][/size][/font][/color][/url]
[url=URL][color=blue][font=georgia][size=90][b]•  List of small-arms[/b][/size][/font][/color][/url]
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The Imperial Chinese Air Force (ICAF; Chinese: 中华帝国空军; pinyin: Zhōnghuα dμguσ kōngjūn, lit. "Chinese Imperial Air Military") is the aerial warfare service branch of the Imperial Chinese Military, the armed forces of the Empire of China. The ICAF's primary mission is the defence of the airspace over and around China. Priorities of the ICAF include the development of long range reconnaissance and surveillance networks, integrating new systems to increase battle effectiveness, procuring counterstrike weapons, next generation fighters, and hardening airfields and other facilities to survive a attacks.

Along with conducting independent air and space operations, the IC Air Force provides air support for land and naval forces and aids in the recovery of troops in the field. The service operates more than 9,000 military aircraft, is the second largest service branch with 400,000 active duty airmen, and is the largest air force in Asia.

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[url=#Organisation]1 Organisation[/url]
[url=#Order][tab=30][/tab]1.2 Order of Battle[/url]
[url=#Airborne][tab=30][/tab]1.3 Airborne Corps[/url]

[url=#Equipment]2 Equipment[/url][/box][/floatleft]

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[anchor=Organisation][/anchor][font=Times New Roman][size=165]Organisation[/size][/font][hr]The Imperial Chinese Air Force Headquarters (ICAFHQ) consists of three departments: Command, Logistics, and Materiel, which mirrors the former thee general departments of the ICAF. Below the headquarters, Theater command air forces (TCAF) direct divisions (Fighter, Attack, Bomber), which in turn direct regiments and squadrons. The ICAF typically used the system of threes in its organization at Division level and below, i.e. 3 Regiments per Division, 3 Squadrons per Regiment, and so on. The situation is now more fluid, with several divisions (the 5th, 15th, 24th for example) only having two regiments. There are also Independent Regiments within the TCAFs. The Imperial Chinese Airborne Corps is under direct control of ICAF Headquarters.

Fifty operational air divisions were created from 1950 to 1971. This situation did not change until 1986, when the ICAF began converting one air division in each of the seven military regions to a division-level transition training base (改装训练基地). Data from other sources seems to indicate that the 16th Air Division became the Shenyang MR Training Base (MRTB), the 17th the Nanjing MRTB (actually Peking?), the 46th the Lanzhou MRTB, and the 32nd the Nanjing MRTB (at Rugao). Since then, the ICAF has gradually reduced the remaining 43 operational air divisions to 29.

There are at least six regiments of H-6 bombers. All three regiments of the 8th Bomber Division fly the aircraft - the 22nd, 23rd (former 143rd Regt/48th Div), and 24th. Also flying is the 28th Regiment of the 10th Bomber Division and the 107th and 108th Regiments of the 36th Bomber Division.

There is presently over 150 air bases utilised by the Imperial Chinese Air Force, these are divided into the current 5 theater commands.

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• 1st Fighter Division
• 4th Independent Regiment
• 4th Fighter Division
• 11th Attack Division
• 21st Fighter Division
• 30th Fighter Division[/box][/td][td][box][size=110][u]Central Theater Command[/u][/size]
• 7th Fighter Division
• 15th Fighter Division
• 24th Fighter Division
• 1st Independent Regiment
• 5th Attack Division
• 34th Transport Division[/box][/td][td][box][size=110][u]Eastern Theater Command[/u][/size]
• 3rd Independent Regiment
• 3rd Fighter Division
• 10th Bomber Division
• 14th Fighter Division
• 28th Attack Division
• 29th Fighter Division
• 19th Fighter Division[/box][/td][td][box][size=110][u]Southern Theater Command[/u][/size]
• 2nd Independent Regiment
• 2nd Fighter Division
• 8th Bomber Division
• 9th Fighter Division
• 13th Transport Division
• 18th Fighter Division
• 42nd Fighter Division[/box][/td][td][box][size=110][u]Western Theater Command[/u][/size]
• 33rd Fighter Division
• 44th Fighter Division
• 6th Fighter Division
• 36th Bomber Division
• 12th Fighter Division
• 37th Fighter Division[/box][/td][td][box][size=110][u]Imperial Chinese Army[/u][/size]
• 43rd Airborne Division
• 44th Airborne Division
• 45th Airborne Division[/box][/td][/tr][/table]

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The Imperial Chinese Air Force Airborne Corps (ICAFAC; Chinese: 中国帝国空军空降军; pinyin: Zhōngguσ dμguσ kōngjūn kōngjiΰng jūn) is a corps directly under the Imperial Chinese Air Force Headquarters (ICAFHQ). It was reorganised and now comprises six airborne brigades and a special operations brigade. The ICAF Airborne Corps is China's primary strategic airborne unit and part of the newly formed rapid reaction units (RRUs) of the Chinese military which is primarily designated for airborne and special operation missions. Its role is similar to that of the U.S. Army's XVIII Airborne Corps/82nd Airborne Division. Only one of the ICAF Airborne Corps' three divisions can deploy to any part of China within 48 hours due to limited airlift capabilities. In the late 1990s the ICAF could only lift one division of 11,000 men complemented with light tanks and self-propelled artillery. 

The ICAF Airborne Corps has been elevated to the status of a strategic force. It is a departure from the ICAF traditional airborne force concept. Doctrinal modernisation change allows the ICAF Airborne Corps to act as a principal force employed for independent campaign missions in future wars. It is now accepted that the airborne troops should be used for pre-emptive attack on the enemy's key military targets in the rear area in order to paralyse or disrupt its preparation for an offensive. This kind of large-scale mission cannot be conducted without having a total control in the air. Also, a single-lift capability of 50,000 men is required for this type of missions. Currently, the ICAF can only lift one division of 11,000 men with light tanks and self-propelled artillery.

More and more focus will be placed on helicopter assaults as opposed to traditional parachute drops. In times of war, the ICAF Airborne Corps can also utilise transport aircraft such as Xian Y-7, Shaanxi Y-8, Shaanxi Y-9 and Xi'an Y-20 utility transports. During a number of exercises, the ICAF Airborne Corps has demonstrated it can move a regiment plus of paratroopers with light armoured vehicles to anywhere within China in less than 24 hours. These exercises also show that a large number of para-gliders are in use.

The Airborne Divisions have various special units, including weapons controllers, reconnaissance, infantry, artillery, communications, engineering, chemical defence, and transportation soldiers. Today, the Airborne Brigades which are further divided into battalions and companies or batteries.

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ICAF General shakes hand
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ICAF airmen on parade.[/td]
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ICAF and USAF officers
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Military parade in honour
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[anchor=Equipment][/anchor][font=Times New Roman][size=165]Equipment[/size][/font][hr]> Main articles: [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1154838][colour=blue]Air Equipment[/colour][/url], [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1154839][colour=blue]Weapons equipment[/colour][/url]

The Imperial Chinese Air Force operates a large and varied fleet of over 9,000 aircraft, of which around 1,670 are combat aircraft (fighter, attack and bombers). According to the International Studies, ICAF combat pilots acquire an average of 100-150 flying hours per year.

1,215 active Fighters.
90 active Carrier Fighters.
370 active Bombers.
49 active Early Warning Aircraft. 
21 active Patrol Aircraft.
17 active Tankers.
15 active VIP transport aircraft.
330 active Utility Transports.
310 active Attack helicopters.
835 active Utility helicopters.
1,500 active Plane Trainers.
110 active Helicopter Trainers.
Numerous active Unmanned aerial vehicles.

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Chengdu J-20[/td]
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Chengdu J-10[/td]
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Xi'an Y-20[/td]
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CAIC Z-10[/td]
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Harbin Z-9[/td][/tr][/table][/centre]

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