Lanzhou Military Region Air Force
There are apparently command posts at Xi'an and Urumqi. Main source for this listing is Scramble.nl/cn.htm, accessed May 2012.
- 6th Fighter Division
- 16th Air Regiment (Yinchuan) (Su-27)
- 18th Air Regiment (Lintao) (J-7)
- Air Regiment (Jiuquan) (J-7, JJ-7A) - the Lanzhou MR Training Base was formed from 46th Div. In April 2012 this Regiment was re-subordinated to 6th Division.
- 36th Bomber Division
- 107th Air Regiment (Lintong) (H-6H)
- 108th Air Regiment (Wugong) (H-6E/F, H-6M)
- Urumqi Base
- 111th Brigade (Korla-Xinhiang) (J-11s) - 111th Regiment, 37th Fighter Division became a brigade in 2012, according to Scramble.nl/cn.htm.
- Brigade (Urumqi-South) (JH-7) - ex 110th Air Regiment, 37th Division.
- Brigade (Malan/Uxxaktal) (JJ-7A) - until 1988 the Regiment operated as 16th Division based at Ertaizi, after which it was transformed into Shenyang Military Region Training Base. JJ-7A aircraft were declared operational in July 2011. April 2012 the Regiment changed into a Brigade and got subordinated to Urumqi Base and moved to Malan.
- Brigade (Changji) (J-8F, JJ-7A) - the Regiment used J5 and later J6 until 2002 when J8Hs arrived. These were replaced by J8F in 2006. In 2008 the Regiment moved from Kuerla, north of the city. In 2012 37th Div/109th Reg turned into a Brigade.
- 5th Flying Academy
- 1st Regiment, 5th Flying Academy (Hami)
- 2nd Regiment, 5th Flying Academy (Zhangye SE)
- 3rd Regiment, 5th Flying Academy (Wuwei)
- Independent (Aerial Survey) Regiment (Hanzhong-Chenggu) (Y-8, An-30, Y-12)
Globalsecurity.org indicates that the 6th Fighter Division was established in November 1950 at Anshan, Liaoning and initially comprised the 16th and 17th Regiments. China-Military.org indicates that the 6th Division gained the 139th Regiment from the deactivated 47th Division sometime in 1998. The 106th Air Regiment of the 36th Bomber Division disbanded in 2004.
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