1. CHINESE COMMUNIST TRAINING OF PARATROOPS AND JET PILOTS 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF RECOGNITON SIGNS FOR CHINESE COMMUNIST AIR AND GROUND FORCES

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2000
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• Publication Date: August 29, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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COUNTRY CL_ina
SUBJECT J. Chinese Communist .raining of Paratroops
and Jet Pi?ots
2. Lstablishmont of ,teocgaition Sig.rs for
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In December 1950 tr.eare were two airstr1pa near Yeancl,i, ".ichur?ia,,whicL were
able to 1axrdle 30 jet fighters. In JHaL.uary 1951 600 Aurean students returned
from Russia uric began training as pilots.
beginning in. July there were 3 aircraft stationed at Paisc (106-34, 23-55)
Airfield. On 13 July eighty a.rtuirs of 81sE liP..e arrived at this field from
i':~n1in o 1
In early July the Chirt.ease Cownunists organized the Thirst .l'eaoplea's Paratroop
Training Center of tnes xt volutionary &ilitary Council ia hsinchi.rag (103...49,
30-25) . The director of this rerzterwa%S KUNG Chung-oh6ng (* . l ji;) a
native i..:ariohuri_an. Lt. Col. Ct_u-i.o-lo--yeh-fu ( , ij i k ) e.,,di 40
otl.er Soviets arssisted in training,. T},are are 2700 students at this canter.
uf tl.e 7 transports xassigaed, 2 are Laoperable.
on 22 July the Revolutionary ,,ilitary Ccunoil issued order Yuan 'i ( )
ltunbor 102129 to estaLlish uniform night and day recognition sign for
Cl.inese Communist air And ground forces. The following were effective
be!jnnirsg 1 August:
a. During the day rrc.urrd fcracs are tc plsacegarx the ground, recognition
signs of w},ite strips of clot:}. tc idaritify themselves to tie air force.
The signs are to be 16 to 32 feel-, long and 3 to 6 feet wide. The
signs ar o, rocording to L1.e (lay cf the -leek, as follows.
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i?onday: Cl.inese character 1 with r:>haracter KUNG (i3 directly below.
Tuesday: Character 1 with ciaaracter 10 ( t ) directly below.
Wednesday: Character 1 with character KOU ( 13 ) directly below.
Thursday: Cl--aracter I with. character OU directly below except the
right hand side of the iiOU is removed, like the English
letter "U" turned on its side with t}e open e id to the
observer's rir?ht.
Friday: Character 1 with "X" directly below,
Saturday: Character 1 with the English- T directly below.
Sunday: Character 1 with the letter ":T" laid on its side, top
cross bar to the .left.
b. iNight lecpgnition. Upon seeing or hearing planes assumed to be
Chinese Communist, Crc.und forces should place flares as follows:
Udd days of the month: 2 red flares, then 1 green.
Even days of the month: 1 red, 1 green, then 1 red.
5. On 11 August fifteen M1G jet aircraft landed at White C1cud Airfield in
Canton.
6. During the month of June thirty--one "IG jet planes were pared in hangars
at an airfield in the Nanking area.
7. On 17 August Chinese Communist Air Force (CCAF) training missions were
as follows:
as. Shan ighaais 4 unidentified fighters.
b. Tsingtaato: 11 a:IG--15's cf the CCAF 48 regiment on cross country flights.
20 MIG-15's of the CCAF 48 Regiment on fighter combat tactics flights.
c. Yaangts'ua: 12 iG-15bs, 4 YAK-17's, I YAK-11.
8. On 17 August Soviet Air Force (SAF) traaiaing missions were as follows-
a. An, tung : 10 M iG-15' s .
b. i,unl.ohuling: 5 ,;i1G-15's aria a number cf YAh.-17's with Pa-li-no-fu
as flight lewder.
o. Mukden: 21 KIG-15's with LIN fu as flight leader on cross country
f lights.
d. Shuangohlengtzu (131-57, 46-36): 2 IL-2's scheduled to fly to
Port Arthur aar4 Dairen via b,.ukden.
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