# Southern Theater Command Air Force

The Southern Theater Command Air Force is the air force under the Southern Theater Command. Its headquarters is in Guangzhou, Guangdong. The current commander is Qiao Xiangji [zh] and the current political commissar is Xu Liqian [zh].

## History

On 1 February 2016, the founding meeting of the Southern Theater Command Air Force was held at the August First Building in Beijing, China.

## Functional department

* General Staff
* Political Work Department
* Logistics Department
* Disciplinary Inspection Committee

## Direct units

* PLA Air Force Liuzhou Aviation Equipment Training Base [zh]

## Main Bases

* PLA Air Force Nanning Base [zh]
* PLA Air Force Kunming Base [zh]

### Air Units
#### Fighter Units

| Unit Name | Homebase | Serials Range | Aircraft Type | Comments |
| 4th Air Brigade | Guangdong, Foshan, Foshan Air Base | 61X5X | J-20A | Nanning Base |
| 5th Air Brigade | Guangxi, Guilin, Qifengling Air Base | 61X6X | J-20A | Nanning Base |
| 6th Air Brigade | Guangdong, Zhanjiang, Suixi Airbase | 61X7X | J-16、Su-35 | Nanning Base |
| 26th Air Brigade | Guangdong, Huizhou, Huizhou Airbase | 63X7X | J-16 | Nanning Base |
| 54th Air Brigade | Hunan, Changsha, Tianxin Airbase | 66X5X | Su-30MKK | Nanning Base |
| 124th Air Brigade | Guangxi, Baise, Tianyang Airbase | 73X5X | J-10C | Nanning Base |
| 125th Air Brigade | Guangxi, Nanning, Wushu Airbase | 73X6X | J-16 | Nanning Base |
| 126th Air Brigade | Guangxi, Liuzhou, Bailian Airbase | 73X7X | JH-7A | Nanning Base |
| 130th Air Brigade | Yunnan, Honghe, Mengzi Airbase | 74X1X | J-10C | Kunming Base |
| 131st Air Brigade | Yunnan Qujing, Luliang Airbase | 74X2X | J-20A | Kunming Base |
| 132nd Air Brigade | Yunnan, Dali, Yunnanyi Airbase | 74X3X | J-7E | Kunming Base |
| 808th Air Brigade | Hainan, Lin'gao | 8XX8X | J-11BH | Formerly Naval Aviation 8th Brigade |
| 809th Air Brigade | Hainan, Ledong | 8XX9X | JH-7A | Formerly Naval Aviation 9th Brigade |

#### Bomber Units

| Unit Name | Homebase | Serials Range | Aircraft Type | Comments |
| 22nd Air Brigade | Hunan, Shaoyang, Shaodong | 1XX9X | H-6K | 8th Bomber Division |
| 23rd Air Brigade | Hunan, Hengyang, Leiyang | 1XX9X | H-6U | 8th Bomber Division |
| 24th Air Regiment | Hunan, Hengyang, Leiyang | 1XX9X | H-6K | 8th Bomber Division |

#### Special Mission Units

| Unit Name | Homebase | Serials Range | Aircraft Type | Comments |
| 58th Air Regiment | Guizhou, Guiyang | 3XX1X | Y-8G，运侦-8 | 20th Special Mission Division |
| 59th Air Regiment | Guizhou, Zunyi | 3XX1X | Y-8G，运侦-8 | 20th Special Mission Division |
| 60th Air Regiment | Guizhou, Guiyang | 3XX1X | Y-9G，Y-9X，Y-8X | 20th Special Mission Division |

## List of leaders
### Commanders

| English name | Chinese name | Took office | Left office |
| Xu Anxiang | 徐安祥 | February 2016 | December 2017 |
| Zhou Li [zh] | 周利 | December 2017 | March 2023 |
| Qiao Xiangji [zh] | 乔相记 | March 2023 | |

### Political commissars

| English name | Chinese name | Took office | Left office |
| An Zhaoqing | 安兆庆 | February 2016 | January 2017 |
| Xu Xisheng | 徐西盛 | 2017 | 2023 |
| Xu Liqian [zh] | 徐立谦 | 2023 | |

### Chief of staffs

| English name | Chinese name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
| Zheng Yuanlin | 郑元林 | 2016 | December 2018 | |