In which year was the ground-to-air missile unit of China Air Force established?

The surface-to-air missile unit of China Air Force was established in June 1958.

1958 In September, China's first specialized school for surface-to-air missiles-Air Force Aviation School 15 was established in Baoding, Hebei. On June 6th of the same year, 10, the first air force surface-to-air missile unit-surface-to-air missile 1 battalion was announced in Qinghe Town Air Force Advanced Air Defense School in Beijing.

On February 6th, 65438, the Air Force of Beijing Military Region dispatched elite soldiers from anti-aircraft guns to form the 2nd Battalion of surface-to-air missiles. 1959 65438+1October 18 Nanjing Military Region Air Force established the third battalion of surface-to-air missiles in Jiangsu. Since then, the ground-to-air missile force has become a brand-new arm in the PLA sequence.

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After the establishment of the Air Force Surface-to-Air Missile Force, it has received five sets of C-75 surface-to-air missile weapon systems and 62 missiles. With the help of Soviet experts, after just four months of training and shooting, they mastered the missile launching technology skillfully, which amazed Soviet experts.

In the national air defense operation, the ground-to-air missile unit of China Air Force entered the northwest four times and went down to the south of the Yangtze River six times, covering 20 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, with a journey of more than 200,000 kilometers. They successively shot down 1 RB-57D high-altitude reconnaissance plane and five U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance planes, which made great contributions to safeguarding the airspace security and national dignity of the motherland.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China People's Liberation Army Air Force Ground-to-Air Missile Force