Why is Liu Yalou called the father of the Air Force?

Because he was the first commander of the Air Force, he single-handedly formed the Chinese Air Force.

After that, it was Liu Yalou who organized experts to compile China's first tactical and training syllabus, and until the early 80s, it used the blue book compiled by Commander Liu.

It was Liu Yalou who trained the first batch of air force commanders, and the air force had strong Liu Yalou-style characteristics, acting vigorously and resolutely, emphasizing details.

In August 1946, he concurrently served as the principal of the Northeast Aviation School, and trained the first batch of backbones for the later People's Air Force. This concurrently serving as the principal of the Northeast Aviation School may be an important reason why Liu Yalou later became the first commander of our Air Force.

In July 1949, Liu Yalou was ordered by the Communist Party of China and the Military Commission to start preparing for the establishment of the People's Air Force.

In August, he went to the Soviet Union to negotiate the purchase of aircraft, the dispatch of experts and the construction of an aviation school. On October 25, he was officially appointed as the commander of the Air Force by the ** Military Commission.

At that time, China's air force and navy were basically starting from scratch, and China's air force and navy construction must also be aided by the Soviet Union, and it was absolutely impossible to rely only on the ships and planes of the captured and revolted Kuomintang troops; Liu Yalou had the experience of studying in the Soviet Union, and he had unique conditions for negotiating with the Soviet Union, and the requirements for managing the army were quite strict, and the experience of staying in the Soviet Union made him know the necessity of regularizing the army, and appointing him as the first commander of the air force should be the most suitable choice at that time.

Liu Yalou has made outstanding contributions to the regularization of China's Air Force, so he is known as the father of the Chinese Air Force

Principal of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army Aviation School, in 1949 he was appointed commander of the PLA Air Force (China's first Air Force commander)! Since 1954, under the leadership of Liu Yalou, the Air Force has established more than 10 academies. On September 12, 1958, Liu Yalou's long-awaited Air Force Academy, the highest school in the Air Force, was approved to be established.

On September 1, 1959, the Air Force Academy officially opened.

Because in the 60s of the last century, he once commanded the U-2 reconnaissance plane of the United States!!

Unbelievable! The father of the Chinese Air Force is a one-day himself? He has made great contributions to my country's Air Force!

On November 11, 1949, the Air Force Command was established, and the selection of the Air Force Commander was decided long before the command was established. On July 10, 1949, *** sent a letter to *** proposing a plan for the formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force unit. As early as the eve of the birth of New China, when he was planning the formation of the Air Force and considering the candidate for commander of the Air Tonglu Army, he thought of Liu Yalou.

Soon, Liu Yalou, who was packing up and preparing to go south, was summoned to *** residence. In this way, Liu Yalou, the commander of the corps, was not over yet, and he took on the historical burden of forming the people's air force.

He assembled the Chinese Air Force, and after the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he has a wealth of experience, and his title is well deserved!

Zhai Yunying (1928-present), the wife of Liu Yalou, the first commander of the Air Force, is a member of the Soviet Red Army"Chinese Mission"The daughter of the soldier Zhai Fengqi and Anna, a female worker at the textile factory in the city of Ivanovo. She joined the revolution in 1946 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in the same year. She used to work in Dalian Women's Federation, and successively studied at the Foreign Chinese College Affiliated to the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army in Harbin and the Second Military Medical University in Shanghai.

Ling Yi, the first husband;

the second wife, Suleva;

The third wife, Zhai Yunying, is the wife of General Liu Yalou, the first commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force. Ms. Zhai Yunying is of mixed race, her father is Chinese and her mother is Russian. Zhai Yunying's Soviet name is Tamara, and she is a member of the Soviet Red Army"Chinese Mission"The daughter of the soldier Zhai Fengqi and Anna, a female worker in the textile factory of the city of Ivanovo.

The family returned to Dalian, China, in April 1929, when Zhai Yunying was only one year old. In May 1947, she married Liu Yalou, then chief of staff of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army.

You should be asking about the third term.

The People's Air Force can be said to be a powerful force that cannot be ignored in the world's air force! However, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, our newly-born people's republic was constantly under the bombardment of the enemy, and its production activities were seriously threatened! When the People's Liberation Army sounded the clarion call to liberate the whole of China, Chiang Kai-shek was unwilling to accept his defeat on the mainland, and on May 4, 1949, he sent six American-made B-24 bombers to bomb Nanyuan Airport in Beiping.

However, the Air Force is a very technical branch of the army, and who will take the lead in forming it to defend the canopy of the new republic? A person suddenly appeared in his mind - Liu Yalou. At this time, Liu Yalou was serving as the commander of the 14th Corps and leading his troops into Zhongnan, after he had just served as the commander-in-chief of the Tianjin Front Command and completely annihilated the Tianjin defenders in only 29 hours.

Liu Yalou studied in the Soviet Union, drank foreign ink, and spoke Russian well, the formation of the Air Force is indispensable for the help of the big brother of the Air Force, and it is more convenient to communicate, Liu Yalou served as the principal of the Northeast Aviation School when he returned from the Soviet Union, and he has some understanding of aviation. This was a unique and special experience in the People's Liberation Army at that time, and it was very suitable!

At the beginning of June, Liu Yalou packed up and prepared to go south to show his skills. But he suddenly received a notice that he was going to ***'s residence to receive a new task. But at this time, Liu Yalou was at a loss, he had been serving as the chief of staff of Dongye in the early days of the Liberation War, and after this major reorganization, he finally served as the commander of the corps to personally lead the troops into Zhongnan, what would be more important at this time than marching into Zhongnan?

After arriving at ***'s residence, he saluted *** and asked eagerly: "Chairman, there must be an important task for calling me here, right?" "Your feelings are acute.

Straightened up and smiled and held Liu Yalou's hand, and said straight to the point: "Liu Yalou, you fought a good war, and you have eaten foreign bread in the Soviet Union for a few years, how about you go up from the land to the sky and be responsible for forming the Air Force?" ”

Although Liu Yalou knew that ** had already planned to build the Air Force, he let himself be responsible for the preparation of the Air Force, which he did not expect! At this time, Liu Yalou, who wanted to go south to show his military talent, was stunned for a moment. After *** finished speaking, Liu Yalou hurriedly said:

Chairman, I studied the Army in the Soviet Union, and I don't understand the Air Force, so I'm afraid I won't be able to do it. "I don't know if I want to go, but someone has to lead the way." *** pointed at Liu Yalou while laughing and said:

Well, I'm just asking you, the person who thinks you can't do it, to do it. But Liu Yalou's airsickness is very clear to him, so he has been waving his hand to refuse. has been moving with emotion and reason, and after a long conversation, Liu Yalou finally compromised.

In 1946, after returning to China after eight years of study and internship in the Soviet Union, Liu Yalou was successively appointed as the chief of staff of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army, the Northeast Field Army and the Northeast Chabu Military Region, and the commander of the 14th Corps of the Fourth Field Army, and became one of the commanders of the famous Liaoshen Campaign and the Pingjin Campaign. In the National Liberation War, Liu Yalou's performance was very good! He not only assisted in commanding the campaign in the Liaoshen Campaign, but also ensured the implementation and smooth implementation of the decision of the Central Military Commission and the "first to attack Jinzhou" strategy.

Moreover, during the Pingjin Campaign, he served as the front-line commander of the "Tianjin Offensive Campaign", he was clever, precise deployment, was scattered and Qing Lu did command, coordinated the joint actions of all arms, fought a clean and neat battle of the city, and showed outstanding military command ability!

This largest urban battle further increased his weight in the minds of the leaders of the Military Commission. It also laid the foundation for his eventual appointment as commander of the Air Force.

On December 24, 1949, the Glide Air Force held a meeting of cadres of the air force organs, at which Commander Liu Yalou, Deputy Commander Chang Qiankun, Deputy Political Commissar Wang Bi, and Chief of Staff Wang Bingzhang delivered speeches.

In his speech, Liu Yalou expounded on the tasks of air force building and proposed that the work of the organs should be carried out in a coordinated manner and a good work style should be established. He clearly pointed out that the overall task of the air force is to build a people's air force and defend the people's motherland.