Anshan Air Base
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Anshan Air Base ( ) is a People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLA-AF) installation located in the western suburbs of the city of Anshan in China's Liaoning province. Administratively, the base falls within the PLA's Shenyang Military Region.
Anshan is the headquarters of the 1st Fighter Division which operates Chengdu J-7, Shenyang J-8 and Shenyang J-11 fighters.
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[edit] Trivia
- Anshan Air Base was visited in March 2007 by Peter Pace, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. [1]
- In Tom Clancy's novel The Bear and the Dragon, Anshan Air Base is heavily damaged by USAF F-117 stealth fighters to neutralize it in preparation for a raid on a nearby ICBM launch site.
[edit] See also
- List of Airbases in the PLAAF
- List of Chinese aircraft
- People's Liberation Army Air Force
- People's Liberation Army
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Anshan Air Base at GlobalSecurity.org
- PLAAF Order of Battle at Scramble Magazine - Dutch Aviation Society
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