1. Yu Zhenwu was a pilot and general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force.
10 Facts About Yu Zhenwu
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Yu Zhenwu later served as commander of the Guangzhou Military Region Air Force from 1982 to 1985, deputy commander of the PLAAF from 1985 to 1994, and commander of the PLAAF from 1994 to 1996.
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Yu Zhenwu was born in July 1931 in Kuandian, Liaoning, Republic of China.
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Yu Zhenwu enlisted in the army in December 1947 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in August 1949.
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Yu Zhenwu was deployed in North Korea in the last few months of the Korean War.
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Yu Zhenwu subsequently served as deputy commander under Wang's successor Cao Shuangming.
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Yu Zhenwu was the youngest but highest ranking deputy under both Wang and Cao.
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Yu Zhenwu was the first post-Korean War veteran to serve as commander.
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Yu Zhenwu visited the United States in May 1995, but it was aborted by the People's Republic of China government when Lee Teng-hui, the president of the Republic of China on Taiwan, visited the US in spite of Beijing's protest.
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Yu Zhenwu served two years as PLAAF commander before being replaced by Liu Shunyao in December 1996.