a bomber-flying division. In the Eastern Theatre Command. 11th Aviation Division - established in February 1951 as a ground-attack formation in Xuzhou, Jiangsu. Long part of the Shenyang Military Region. Stationed at Siping, Jilin 12th Fighter Division - established in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang in December 1950 as a fighter unit. Stationed at Yantai, Shandong 13th Aviation Division - stationed at Wuhan, Hubei 14th Fighter Division - formed February 1951 at Beijing Nanyuan Airport from elements of the disbanding 95th Division. Stationed at Nanchang, Jiangxi. The division fought in Korea, as a mixed MiG-9/MiG-15 fighter unit. Started its second combat tour in April 1953 and ceased combat in July 1953. It appears that in September 1992 the 146th Regiment of the disbanding 49th Air Division may have become the 42nd Regiment. 15th Fighter Division absorbed the 41st Division in 1985. 16th Aviation Division Originally established as 19th Inf Div. In August 1988, the division became the Shenyang Military Region Air Force Aviation Training Base, and the regiments were successively changed to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Regiments of that Base. 17th Aviation Division; Formed April 1951 as a fighter formation. Originally with 49th and 50th Regiments and, then, 51st Regiment from 1953, equipped from the fourth batch of aircraft. Transferred to Naval Aviation 1954, reestablished 1956. "On March 2, 1956, with the approval of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense issued an order to [reform] the 17th Air Division. On April 6, 1956, the 17th Division of the Air Force was formally established at Beijing Shahe Airport, and Liu Ying, the deputy commander of the 7th Division of the Air Force, was appointed as the commander of the 17th Division of the Air Force (later the deputy commander of the Ji Air Force), and Guo Qian, director of the Security Department of the Air Force Political Department of the Beijing Military Region He is the political commissar of the 17th Air Division, and Yan Deming is the first deputy division commander and chief of staff. Under its jurisdiction are the 49th Regiment (adapted from the 21st Regiment of the 7th Air Division), the 51st Regiment (adapted from the 41st Regiment of the 14th Air Force Division) and the Shahe Station of the Air Force. Equipped with J-5 and MiG-17 aircraft. It [was assigned] to the Air Force of the Beijing Military Region. In August 1964, the 17th Air Division