Zhang Tingfa

Zhang Tingfa
张廷发
Zhang Tingfa in 1955
4th Commander of the PLA Air Force
In office
April 1977 – July 1985
Preceded byMa Ning
Succeeded byWang Hai
6th Political Commissar of the PLA Air Force
In office
October 1975 – April 1977
Preceded byFu Chuanzuo
Succeeded byGao Houliang
Personal details
Born9 April 1918
Sha County, Fujian, China
Died25 March 2010 (aged 91)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance China
Branch/servicePeople's Liberation Army Air Force
Years of service1933–85
Rank Major General
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Sino-Vietnamese War

Zhang Tingfa (Chinese: 张廷发; 9 April 1918 – 25 March 2010) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and a major general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). He served as Political Commissar and Commander of the PLAAF, and was a member of the Central Military Commission (CMC). He also served two terms as a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, before retiring in 1985. He fought in the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Civil War, and the Korean War, and commanded the Chinese Air Force during the Sino-Vietnamese War.