Sunday, March 29, 2009

Finally a LH Brigade.

Today, both CCTV and PLA Daily carried a story on "a Xinjing MD" LH (Army Aviation) Brigade (Here) and (Here). Finally, PLA's attempt to boost LH's profile by enlarging its organizational structure from Regiment to Brigades has been confirmed. With the 3rd LH confirmed as the first, there are rumors out there pointing to the 10th LH as the next target for reorg.

3rd LH's known serial numbers tracked by Andrew K C.

1 Mil-8: 92801
2 Mil-171V: 93791, 93793
2 Mil-171: 93709, 93711
5 Mil-17V5: 93705, 93718, 93796, 93797, 93799
11 Mil-17V7: 93700, 93701, 93702, 93703, 93704, 93706, 93707, 93708, 93712, 93720, 93798
1 S70C2: 93217
1 Z-9G: 93908




Photo of 3rd LH's Commander Cheng Cuguo, who has became somewhat of a media darling lately (Here)




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