Ma Xiaotian | |||||||||
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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 by | Xu Qiliang | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ding Laihang | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | August 1949 (age 75) Gongyi, Henan, China | ||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||
| Alma mater | PLA National Defence University | ||||||||
| Military service | |||||||||
| Allegiance |  China | ||||||||
| Branch/service |  PLA Air Force | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1965–2018 | ||||||||
| Rank |  Air Force General | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 馬曉天 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 马晓天 | ||||||||
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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.