page_title: Republic of China Armed Forces
section_title: ROC Air Force
hierarchical_section_title: Republic of China Armed Forces / History / ROC Air Force
caption_attribution_description: 中文（台灣）‎: 中華民國空軍天兵防空系統的麻雀飛彈發射器，攝於2011年8月13日松山基地營區開放活動。
context_page_description: The Republic of China Armed Forces, commonly known as the Taiwanese Armed Forces, are the armed forces of the Republic of China now on Taiwan, encompassing the Army, Navy, Air Force and Military Police Force. It accounted for 16.8% of the central budget in the fiscal year of 2003. Since 2002, the military comes under the full civilian control of the Ministry of National Defense and oversight by the Legislative Yuan. It was the National Revolutionary Army before being renamed as the Republic of China Armed Forces in 1947 due to the implementation of the newly promulgated Constitution of the Republic of China. It was also historically known as Chinese National Armed Forces.
  Until the 1970s, the military's primary mission was to retake mainland China from the communist People's Republic of China through Project National Glory. The military's current foremost mission is the defense of the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other ROC islands against a possible military invasion by the People's Liberation Army of the PRC, which is seen as the predominant threat to the ROC in the ongoing dispute over the political status of Taiwan.
context_section_description: In 1920 Sun Yat-sen established the Aviation Ministry in Canton (Guangdong Province). But due to the division of the Southern Warlords, it was later dismantled. In 1929, Chiang Kai-shek established the Aviation Class in the ROC Military Academy. It was relocated to Hangzhou in 1931. Following the outbreak of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War, the ROC Air Force was responsible for shooting down many Japanese Air force fighters. After 1949 the ROC Air Force Academy was relocated to Taiwan island.
caption: Armaments of the ROC Air Force Air Defense Artillery
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