Li Yongtai
| Li Yongtai | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 李永泰 |
| Nickname(s) | Tank in the sky |
| Born | November 4, 1928 Tonghua, Jilin |
| Died | October 5, 2015 (aged 86) Beijing |
| Allegiance | |
| Service/branch | |
| Years of service | October 1945-October 2015 |
| Rank | Air marshal |
| Commands held | Commander of the Wuhan Military District Air Force |
| Battles/wars | Korean War |
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| Chinese | 李永泰 | ||||||
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| Hangul | 리영태 |
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| Hanja | 李永泰 |
| Revised Romanization | Ri Yeong-tae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Yŏngt'ae |
Li Yongtai (4 November 1928 – 5 May 2015) was a Chinese air marshal in the People's Liberation Army Air Force and a politician.[1][2]
Military career[edit]
Born in Tonghua, Jilin Province, China to an ethnic Korean family, Li joined the Eighth Route Army of the People's Liberation Army in October 1945, and became a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) the following year. He began learning to fly in October 1949, and after China's entry into the Korean War, served as a member of the People's Volunteer Army Air Force. He shot down four American F-86s, earning him the nickname "tank in the sky". After the war he continued his rise through the ranks, and in 1975 was named commander of the Wuhan Military District Air Force. He was promoted to air marshal in 1988.[1]
In politics[edit]
Li served as a representative to the 10th and 12th National Congresses of the CPC, and to the 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th National People's Congresses (NPC). In the 8th and the 9th Congresses he was named a member of the NPC Standing Committee, and also served on the NPC Ethnic Affairs Committee.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c 探访空军中将李永泰的两次阅兵情缘. People's Daily (in Chinese). 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
- ^ 空军原副司令员李永泰逝世,曾参加抗美援朝被誉“空中坦克”_中国政库_澎湃新闻-The Paper. thepaper.cn (in Chinese).