Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) (simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军空军; traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍空軍; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Kōngjūn) is the aerial warfare service branch of the People's Liberation Army, the military of the People's Republic of China. The PLAAF was officially established on 11 November 1949. As of 2010, the PLAAF has a strength of around 330,000 personnel and is the largest air force in Asia. With ongoing modernisation, all older aircraft types in service are quickly being phased out and emphasis being placed on developing modern 4.5th generation fighters to replace them - along with 5th generation fighters in the near future. If current trends continue and the United States Air Force pursue plans to replace larger numbers of F-15 tactical fighters with fewer numbers of F-22 Raptors then the People's Liberation Army Air Force is set to, in numerical terms, have the largest ("tier-one") tactical fighter force in the world.The People's Liberation Army Navy maintains its own naval air arm (the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force), operating some 450 aircraft, of which around 290 are fighter aircraft.. }
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- People's_Liberation_Army_Air_Force abstract "The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) (simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军空军; traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍空軍; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Kōngjūn) is the aerial warfare service branch of the People's Liberation Army, the military of the People's Republic of China. The PLAAF was officially established on 11 November 1949. As of 2010, the PLAAF has a strength of around 330,000 personnel and is the largest air force in Asia. With ongoing modernisation, all older aircraft types in service are quickly being phased out and emphasis being placed on developing modern 4.5th generation fighters to replace them - along with 5th generation fighters in the near future. If current trends continue and the United States Air Force pursue plans to replace larger numbers of F-15 tactical fighters with fewer numbers of F-22 Raptors then the People's Liberation Army Air Force is set to, in numerical terms, have the largest ("tier-one") tactical fighter force in the world.The People's Liberation Army Navy maintains its own naval air arm (the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force), operating some 450 aircraft, of which around 290 are fighter aircraft.".