{{Short description|Chinese military academy}} {{Infobox university | name = PLA Army Aviation Academy | native_name = 中国人民解放军陆军航空兵学院 | image = Army_Aviation_Academy_logo.jpeg | image_size = 240px | caption = Logo of the Army Aviation Academy | type = Military academy | established = {{start date and age|1999}} | parent = PLAGF | students = 2,000 | city = Beijing | country = China | coordinates = {{coord|region:CN-12_type:edu|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | campus_type = Suburban | campus_size = {{cvt|35|ha}} | logo = | pushpin_map = | website = }} {{Location map|Beijing|lat_deg = 39.8350|lon_deg = 116.6475}} thumb|Simulation Training Center Army Aviation Academy
The '''People's Liberation Ground Force Army Aviation Academy''' normally called the '''Army Aviation Academy''' (MOE: 91010) is the main officer and NCO training establishment of the Chinese PLA Army Aviation, and provides helicopter training to the PLAAF, PLAN and PAP.<ref name="Allen">{{Cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Kenneth |last2=Chen |first2=Minzhi |date=2019 |title=The People's Liberation Army's 37 Academic Institutions |url=https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/CASI/documents/Research/Other-Topics/2020-06-11%20PLA%20Academic_Institutions.pdf |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Air University |archive-date=2024-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703122915/https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/CASI/documents/Research/Other-Topics/2020-06-11%20PLA%20Academic_Institutions.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> It is a deputy-corps grade institution, based in Taihu town, Tongzhou district of Beijing.<ref name="Allen"/>
== History == * The academy was established in 1999 from the merger of three Army Aviation training regiments and one maintenance training regiment, and assigned to the General Staff Department (GSD).<ref name="Allen"/> * In March 2001, the Central Military Committee authorized the creation of the academy's campus in Beijing.<ref name="Allen"/> * In 2016, the academy was transferred from the GSD to the PLA Army.<ref name="Allen"/>
== Organization == The campus covers an area of 86 acres (520 mu) and is divided into eight (8) functional areas: an administrative and office area, instructional and experimental area, training area, physical fitness and sports area, cadre residential area, cadet residential area, logistics sustainment area and open house area. The academy has multiple locations, the main training programs offered are aviation instruction (air services), and ground instruction (ground services), which incorporate command, flight, and aircraft maintenance studies. In 2006, the academy started to enroll high school graduates.<ref name="Allen"/>
In 2015, the Army Aviation Academy had the following departments:<ref name="Allen"/>
*Basic department *Flight theory department *Command department *Helicopter mechanical engineering department *Helicopter airborne equipment department
it granted the following 4-year academic degrees:<ref name="Allen" />
* Aircraft Engine Engineering * Aerospace Communication and Navigation * Aircraft Radar Maintenance & Engineering * Aviation Ordnance Maintenance & Engineering * Aviation Fire Control System Maintenance & Engineering * Aeronautical Missile Maintenance & Engineering * Avionics Maintenance Engineering * Airborne Communications and Navigation
and had a total of 19 vocational specialties, including:<ref name="Allen"/> * Aviation Corps Field Command * Flight and Command * Flight Vehicle Systems Engineering * Electrical Engineering and Automation * Navigation Engineering * Arms Engineering
== Leadership == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Director''' #Hao Zhengli (郝政利) <small>Lt Gen</small>（1999年—2009年） #Tao Bilan (陶炳兰) <small>Lt Gen</small>（2009年—2014年）<ref>{{cite news |title=陶炳兰少将已改任总参陆航部副部长，去年卸任陆航学院院长 |url=http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1328259 |access-date=2016-08-02 |newspaper=澎湃新闻 |archive-date=2019-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615173107/http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1328259 |url-status=live }}</ref> #Li Dexiu (李德修) <small>Lt Gen</small>（2014—2018）<ref name="Allen"/> #Huang Kechao (黄克超) <small>Lt Gen</small>（2018—）<ref>{{cite news |author=蒋子文 |title="陆鹰摇篮"新任院长黄克超亮相，曾在"9·3"阅兵中带队 |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2417932 |work=澎湃新闻 |date=2018-09-07 |access-date=2022-03-22 }}</ref>
{{col-2}} '''Political Commissar''' #Wang Xiaoqing (王晓青) <small>Lt Gen</small>（？—2011） #Hu Dengqiang (胡登强) Lt Gen（2011—2015）<ref>{{cite news |title=陆军航空兵学院："育鹰人"的家国情怀 |url=http://www.81.cn/rdzt/2014/0421bkjx/2014-05/29/content_6017567.htm |access-date=2016-08-02 |newspaper=中国军网 |archive-date=2017-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919193135/http://www.81.cn/rdzt/2014/0421bkjx/2014-05/29/content_6017567.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=东城区工商联简报 2015年第37期 |url=http://www.bjdch.gov.cn/n3952/n3954/n3956/c1460867/content.html |date=2015-07-24 |publisher=数字东城 |access-date=2017-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214003335/http://www.bjdch.gov.cn/n3952/n3954/n3956/c1460867/content.html |archive-date=2017-02-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> #Zhang Dehui (张德辉) <small>Lt Gen</small>（2015—）<ref name="Allen"/> {{col-end}}
== See also == Academic institutions of the armed forces of China
== References == {{Reflist|30em}}
== External links == {{Universities and colleges in Beijing}} {{People's Liberation Army}}
Category:People's Liberation Army Ground Force Category:Universities and colleges in Beijing Category:Military education and training in China Category:1956 establishments in China Category:Military academies of China Category:Corps deputy grade units of the armed forces of China Category:Military units and formations established in 1999