It was formed in November 1950 at Anshan. It originally consisted of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Regiments.[1]
In Korea it fought under the leadership of commander Bei Sha and Commissar Zhang Zhiyong, deploying the 16th and 18th Regiments flying
MiG-9s and MiG-15s[2] It entered combat in November 1951 and returned to China in March 1952.[3]
The division consists of 1 fighter regiment with J-11, and two fighter regiments with Chengdu J-7s (inc 1 with E).
^Appendix G, "Origins of PLAAF MRAFs, Air Corps, Command Posts, Bases, Air Divisions, and Independent Regiments," Ken Allen, Chapter 9, "PLA Air Force Organization"Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, The PLA as Organization, ed. James C. Mulvenon and Andrew N.D. Yang (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2002)
^Zhang, Xiao Ming (2004), Red Wings Over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea, College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, ISBN 1-58544-201-1