Li Yongtai | |
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李永泰 | |
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| Deputy Commander of the PLA Air Force | |
| In office 1982–1993 Serving with Lin Hu, Liu Zhitian | |
| Commander | Wang Hai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 4, 1928 Tonghua, Jilin, China |
| Died | October 5, 2015 (aged 86) Beijing |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Nickname | Tank in the Sky |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China |
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Air Force |
| Years of service | 1945–1993 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant general |
| Battles/wars | Korean War |
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| Chinese | 李永泰 | ||||||
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| Hangul | 리영태 |
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| Hanja | 李永泰 |
| Revised Romanization | Ri Yeong-tae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Yŏngt'ae |
Li Yongtai (Chinese: 李永泰; Korean: 리영태; 4 November 1928 – 5 October 2015) was a Chinese fighter pilot and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). An ethnic Korean, he fought in the Korean War and later served as deputy commander of the PLAAF.[1][2]
- ^ 探访空军中将李永泰的两次阅兵情缘. People's Daily (in Chinese). 2009-09-18. Archived from the original on 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
- ^ 空军原副司令员李永泰逝世，曾参加抗美援朝被誉“空中坦克”. The Paper (in Chinese).