Huairen Air Base

Huairen Air Base

Huairen Air Base (coord|39|43|3|N|113|8|34|E|type:airport), named after the nearby city, is a People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLA-AF) installation near the Fen River, 43 km (27 miles) south of the city of Datong, in the northern part of China's Shanxi province. It is located in the PLA Beijing Military Region.

It is the headquarters of the PLA-AF 15th Fighter Division which operates Chengdu J-7 fighters and Nanchang Q-5 ground attack aircraft.

Satellite imagery of the site [ [http://earth.google.com Google Earth] , June 2007] shows a single 10,500 foot runway oriented NE/SW and a full length parallel taxiway connected to revetments at either end of the field.

ee also

* List of Airbases in the PLAAF
* List of Chinese aircraft
* People's Liberation Army Air Force
* People's Liberation Army

References

External links

* [http://www.scramble.nl/cn.htm "PLAAF Order of Battle"] at Scramble Magazine - Dutch Aviation Society


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