Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force

The commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (Chinese: 中国人民解放军空军司令员; pinyin: Zhōngguó rénmín jiěfàngjūn kōngjūn sīlìng yuán) is the commanding officer of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The current commander is Chang Dingqiu.

Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force
中国人民解放军空军司令员
Incumbent Chang Dingqiu since 6 September 2021
People's Liberation Army Air Force
Type	Commanding officer
Reports to	Chief of the Joint Staff
Appointer	Military Chairman
Formation	25 October 1949; 75 years ago (1949-10-25)
First holder	Liu Yalou

List of commanders

No.	Portrait	Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Yalou, LiuGeneral Liu Yalou 刘亚楼 (1910–1965)	25 October 1949	7 May 1965 †	15 years, 6 months	[1]
2		Faxian, WuLieutenant general Wu Faxian 吴法宪 (1915–2004)	May 1965	September 1971	6 years, 3 months	[1][2]
3		Ning, MaMajor general Ma Ning 马宁 (1922–2010)	May 1973	February 1977	3 years, 9 months	[2][3]
4		Tingfa, ZhangMajor general Zhang Tingfa 张廷发 (1918–2010)	April 1977	July 1985	8 years, 3 months	[3]
5		Hai, WangGeneral Wang Hai 王海 (1926–2020)	July 1985	November 1992	7 years, 4 months	[3]
6		Shuangming, CaoGeneral Cao Shuangming 曹双明 (1929–2019)	November 1992	October 1994	1 year, 11 months	[3]
7		Zhenwu, YuGeneral Yu Zhenwu 于振武 (1931–2023)	October 1994	November 1996	2 years, 1 month	[3]
8		Shunyao, LiuGeneral Liu Shunyao 刘顺尧 (1939–2002)	November 1996	May 2002	5 years, 6 months	[3]
9		Qingchen, QiaoGeneral Qiao Qingchen 乔清晨 (born 1939)	May 2002	August 2007	5 years, 3 months	.
10		Qiliang, XuGeneral Xu Qiliang 许其亮 (born 1950)	September 2007	October 2012	5 years, 2 months	.
11		Xiaotian, MaGeneral Ma Xiaotian 马晓天 (born 1949)	October 2012	August 2017	4 years, 10 months	[4]
12		Laihang, DingGeneral Ding Laihang 丁来杭 (born 1957)	August 2017	6 September 2021	4 years, 1 month	[4]
13		Laihang, DingGeneral Chang Dingqiu 常丁求 (born 1967)	6 September 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 11 months	[5]