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Liu Yalou | |
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| 刘亚楼 | |
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| 1st Commander of the PLA Air Force | |
| In office 25 October 1949 – 7 May 1965 | |
| Chairman | Mao Zedong |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Wu Faxian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1910 Wuping, Fujian, China |
| Died | 7 May 1965 (aged 55) Shanghai, China |
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| Nickname | 103 (military call sign) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  China Soviet Union |
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Ground Force People's Liberation Army Air Force |
| Years of service | 1929–1965 |
| Rank | General (PLA) Major (USSR) |
| Commands | Chief of Staff, Manchurian Army Group, Chief commander, People's Liberation Army Air Force |
| Battles/wars | Soviet-German War (1940) Liaoshen Campaign (1948) Tianjin Campaign (1949) |
Liu Yalou (simplified Chinese: 刘亚楼; traditional Chinese: 劉亞樓; pinyin: Liú Yàlóu; April 1910 – 7 May 1965) was a general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army who served as the inaugural commander-in-chief of the PLA Air Force. During the Chinese Civil War, he was chief of staff of Lin Biao's army group, which occupied the entirety of Manchuria in 1948 and captured 472,000 Kuomintang troops in the Liaoshen Campaign.