Huang Hengmei

Huang Hengmei
黄恒美
Commander of the Chengdu Military Region Air Force
In office
December 1993  December 2000
Preceded by Xie Decai
Succeeded by Wang Chaoqun
Commander of the Lanzhou Military Region Air Force
In office
December 2000  December 2003
Preceded by Ma Xiaotian
Succeeded by Jia Yongsheng
Personal details
Born December 1940 (age 7576)
Shuyang, Jiangsu, China
Political party Communist Party of China
Military service
Allegiance  China
Service/branch People's Liberation Army Air Force
Years of service 1958–2003
Rank Lieutenant General
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Huang.

Huang Hengmei (Chinese: 黄恒美; born December 1940) is a retired lieutenant general (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China. He served as Commander of the Chengdu Military Region Air Force and the Lanzhou Military Region Air Force.

Biography

Huang was born in December 1940 in Shuyang, Jiangsu Province. He enlisted in the PLAAF in September 1958. He joined the Communist Party of China in December 1961.[1]

He served in the 2nd Fighter Division in the Guangzhou Military Region Air Force, starting as a pilot and eventually rose to division commander. He became deputy commander of the PLAAF 8th Corps in May 1983, and commander of the Shanghai Forward Headquarters in May 1988. In January 1991 he was promoted to deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region Air Force.[1]

In December 1993, Huang was transferred and promoted again, to commander of the Chengdu Military Region Air Force, and concurrently deputy commander of the Chengdu MR. He served in the positions for seven years, before being transferred to the same positions in the Lanzhou Military Region. He retired in December 2003.[1]

Huang attained the rank of major general in July 1990, and lieutenant general in July 1995. He was a member of the 8th National People's Congress.[1]

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