Ma Xiaotian

Ma Xiaotian
马晓天
空军上将
Ma Xiaotian at the Pentagon in 2009
11th Commander of the PLA Air Force
In office
October 2012 – August 2017
Preceded byXu Qiliang
Succeeded byDing Laihang
Personal details
BornAugust 1949 (age 75)
Gongyi, Henan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materPLA National Defence University
Military service
Allegiance China
Branch/service PLA Air Force
Years of service1965–2018
Rank Air Force General
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese馬曉天
Simplified Chinese马晓天
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMǎ Xiǎotiān
Wade–GilesMa Hsiao-t'ien

Ma Xiaotian (Chinese: 马晓天; born August 1949) is a general who served as Commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) from 2012 to 2017. He also served as Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff and President of the PLA National Defence University.