Chen Dong (general)

Chen Dong
陈东
Deputy Commander of the PLA Air Force
Assumed office
2012
Serving with Zhang Jianping, Zheng Qunliang, Zhang Honghe
Commander Ma Xiaotian
Personal details
Political party Communist Party of China
Military service
Allegiance  China
Service/branch People's Liberation Army Air Force
Rank Lieutenant General
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Chen Dong (Chinese: 陈东) is a lieutenant general (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China. He has been Deputy Commander of the PLAAF since late 2012. He formerly served as Director of the Electronic Warfare Department (Department 5) of the PLA General Staff Department.[1] He was elevated to the rank of lieutenant general on 16 July 2014.[2]

He was one of the six lieutenant generals of the PLA who participated in the 2015 China Victory Day Parade, the first time in PRC history that military parade squads were led by officers ranked as high as lieutenant generals.[1]

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