Chapter 3 Chapter Two Volunteer Air Force Shocking the Enemy

On September 15, 1950, the "United Nations Army" headed by the United States landed in Incheon. On October 7, it crossed the "38th Parallel" and approached the border between China and North Korea. Burned into the territory of the motherland. After the Chinese People's Volunteers entered North Korea to participate in the war, the U.S. military suffered consecutive defeats in land operations.In order to save the unfavorable situation of its ground forces, the United States sent its air force to bomb the Chinese and North Korean army groups and rear lines of communication, which caused difficulties for the volunteers' combat operations.The Volunteer Army decided to form the Volunteer Air Force, which is composed of volunteers from the Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.After hasty preparations, on December 21, 1950, the first unit of the Volunteer Air Force, the 28th Brigade of the 10th Regiment of the 4th Fighter Aviation Division, led by division commander Fang Ziyi, entered Andong (now Dandong, the same below).From then on, the Volunteer Air Force began to fight bravely, which shocked the history of the war both at home and abroad.

The situation faced by this small unit of the 28th Brigade is very serious.At that time, there were more than 1,100 combat aircraft of the U.S. Air Force and Navy invading North Korea, and more than 100 aircraft of the British, Australian, South African, and South Korean air forces.Many of their pilots participated in the Second World War, with an average flight time of 600 hours, and as many as 3,000 hours, including a group of so-called "ace" pilots with rich combat experience.At that time, the Volunteer Air Force had just formed two divisions and two regiments, with less than 200 combat aircraft.The average flight time of pilots is no more than 200 hours, of which the average flight time on jet aircraft is only 15 hours, and they have no air combat experience.The command structure is not sound, and the commanders and staff lack experience in organizing air operations.Such a disparity in the strength of the enemy and ourselves is rare in the history of air combat.

The mission of the Volunteer Air Force is to seize air supremacy, conduct air defense operations, and directly support ground troops in operations.In order to carry out the latter task, forward bases must be established.After the Volunteer Army entered North Korea, with the advancement of the ground troops, it successively repaired 17 airports in northern North Korea.However, due to the lack of air supremacy, whenever the airport was completed and not put into use, it was bombed and destroyed by American planes, making it impossible to station troops. Therefore, the Volunteer Air Force had to use domestic airports.The lack of forward airfields makes it impossible to carry out the mission of directly supporting ground troops. The struggle for air supremacy is also limited by the combat radius of aircraft, which cannot penetrate behind the enemy's front line.

After the 28th Brigade was stationed in Anton, it first conducted actual combat exercises under the leadership of the friendly air force to explore experience.They studied the characteristics of the enemy's activities, drew up combat plans, and conducted familiarization flights in the theater. In the early morning of January 21, 1951, Captain Li Han was ordered to lead 6 planes into the air to fight against 20 American F-84 jet fighter-bombers that were bombing the Qingchuan River Bridge.Under the guidance of the ground command post, they quickly found the target.Seeing that the enemy planes were raging, and thick smoke billowed around the bridge, Li Han couldn't help being furious. Without thinking, he yelled "Follow me", and took the lead to rush towards the enemy planes.Faced with this unexpected attack, the enemy planes were terrified, and the formation quickly dispersed, but immediately resumed fighting, and Li Han and other 6 planes fell into a tight siege.In the bitter struggle, Li Han bit two of the enemy planes, and hit one with a burst of shelling. The rest of the enemy planes were terrified and fled south in panic.

Although the first air battle achieved the result of damaging an F-84 aircraft, it also reflected many problems.The pilots of the 28th Battalion are excellent fighters from the army. They have a high degree of political awareness and bravery in combat, but they are technically and tactically immature after all.As the air commander, Li Han only cared about rushing and attacking himself, neglected command, and failed to exert the power of the formation's coordinated operations.In the second battle, this shortcoming was overcome and better results were achieved. Eight days later, that is, on the afternoon of January 29, the radar detected a group of American planes operating in the area of ​​Dingzhou and Anzhou. Li Han led two squadrons to meet the enemy, and found 16 enemy F-84 planes in the west of Dingzhou. Two floors, the heights are 6000 and 5000 meters respectively.At this time, under the guidance of the ground, Li Han's brigade already had a high altitude advantage, and immediately decided to concentrate its forces to attack the upper 8 planes first, with the 2nd Squadron covering it, and Li Han led the 1st Squadron to attack.The enemy plane was suddenly attacked, and hurriedly dropped the auxiliary fuel tank, turned around and rushed towards our plane.Li Han rushed towards the enemy plane without fear.A head-to-head attack is a test of will. At a distance of more than 1,000 meters, that is, when the two planes will collide in two seconds, the enemy becomes timid, and the leading enemy plane avoids to the right, which gives Li Han a chance to attack from behind. Opportunity, set the enemy plane into the sight halo.At this time, the rest of the enemy planes turned to the rear of Li Han in an attempt to sneak attack, but the other three planes of the 1st Squadron stepped forward to fight and quickly drove the enemy planes away.Under the cover of his comrades-in-arms, Li Han tracked and aimed at a distance of 400 meters, fired three cannonballs, and fired more than 40 shells at once.At this time, the 2nd Squadron led by Li Xiangang, the deputy captain, also drove away the remaining 8 enemy planes.Li Han led his troops to drive the enemy plane to the sea, and quickly found the fighter plane, wounding an F-84.On this day, we achieved the results of shooting down and injuring one enemy plane each, without any casualties, and the air command and formation coordination have made significant progress.The news of the victory spread throughout the entire army, and also to all parts of the motherland. People's hearts were invigorated, and it especially greatly enhanced the confidence of the Volunteer Army Air Force to destroy the enemy in air combat.The victory of the Volunteer Air Force's first battle also proved that the US Air Force, like its Army, can be defeated.

In June 1951, after five battles on the Korean battlefield, the front line was stabilized near the "38th parallel", and the United States was forced to start armistice negotiations with China and North Korea.In order to gain a favorable position for negotiations, the United States attempted to exert pressure on me through air superiority.The number of combat aircraft of the U.S. military invading North Korea increased to more than 1,400, and an "air blockade of the railway line" was drawn up, that is, a "strangling war" plan. In the order, Li Qiwei, commander-in-chief of the "United Nations Army", requested that "actions be taken during the negotiation period to give full play to the full capabilities of air power" and "to prevent the enemy from having the ability to launch another decisive ground attack."

In mid-August, the U.S. Air Force took advantage of the severe floods in northern North Korea and used a large number of troops to destroy the railway lines. repeatedly bombed.Since September, the Volunteer Air Force has taken turns entering the front-line airports to participate in the battle in units of divisions, and has undertaken the task of fighting against the enemy's air blockade. The 4th Division of the Volunteer Air Force, which had been tempered in the first battle, entered Anton again on September 12.Liu Zhen, commander of the Volunteer Army Air Force, asked the division to actively fight against large enemy aircraft groups in order to further improve its combat effectiveness. In September, a large-scale air battle took place over North Korea. Since the middle of the month, both the enemy and us have used large formations of dozens of aircraft and large fleets of more than 100 aircraft to fight. The three-day air battle on September 25, 26, and 27 was the most intense. On September 25, the 4th Division and the Allied Air Force dispatched more than 100 aircraft to fight fiercely with more than 100 US aircraft that attacked the Qingchuan River Bridge.Li Yongtai, the captain of the 12th Regiment, was besieged by more than 10 F-86 aircraft, and his ordnance system was destroyed. He could only use violent maneuvers to rush left and right in the enemy's formation. He rushed to the most threatening enemy aircraft many times, and finally broke through. .At this time, his plane was shot more than 30 rounds and injured 56 places, but returned safely.In subsequent battles, he shot down 4 F-86 aircraft successively.In order to cover the lead plane, the pilot Liu Yongquan fought fiercely with 6 enemy F-86 planes alone, shot down one of them, and set the record for the latest American "Saber" plane for the first time, and sacrificed himself heroically. There were large-scale air battles on September 26 and 27.The U.S. Air Force's 5th Air Force said: "The three-day battle was the longest and largest jet battle in history."The 4th Division of the Volunteer Air Force shot down 26 US aircraft and damaged 8 within 5 days from September 26. On October 2, Chairman Mao Zedong praised and praised in the combat report: "It is very good and comforting for the Fourth Air Division to fight bravely...".

In October, the 4th Division carried out six consecutive large-scale air battles. On the 5th, 3 US F-80 aircraft were shot down and 2 were damaged; on the 10th, 4 F-80 aircraft were shot down and 1 was damaged.Hua Longyi, captain of the 2nd Battalion of the 12th Regiment, shot down 2 US planes in the battle on the 10th.In the air battle on the 16th, his single plane was surrounded by 14 enemy planes. His cockpit was hit and his arm was injured, but he still shot down and injured one American plane each. On October 20, the 4th Division returned to the second line to rest, and the 3rd Division went to the front line to take over. In November, the 2nd Division and the 14th Division also went to the front line to participate in the battle. From November 2 to 10, the 3rd Division shot down 8 US aircraft in five small-scale air battles.Captain Liu Yudi shot down and injured 2 enemy planes each, and deputy captain Zhao Baotong shot down 2 American planes. From November 16th, it began to fight against the large fleet of the US Air Force. On the afternoon of November 18th, there were 184 U.S. planes, some of which were operating in the Yongrou area, and the other part fled to Anju and the Qingchuan River area, bombing and strafing railway targets. The 9th Regiment of the 3rd Division took off to meet them.Wang Hai, the captain of the 1st Battalion, led 6 planes to the sky over the Qingchuan River. He found more than 60 F-84 planes dropping bombs, and immediately rushed to the enemy. Shoot down 6 enemy planes.The 1st Brigade of the regiment fought more than 80 air battles during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, shot down and damaged 29 U.S. planes, and won the collective first-class merit. "The Brave Wang Hai Brigade" is famous at home and abroad.

On November 23, 20 MiG aircraft from the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Division fought with more than 20 American F-84 aircraft, shooting down and damaging 8 American aircraft, of which Liu Yudi shot down 4 American aircraft in an air battle. On December 2, 5, and 8, the two sides engaged in a large-scale air battle with 300 aircraft for three consecutive days, and each battle dealt a heavy blow to the US Air Force.The chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force exclaimed: "Communist China has become one of the world's major air powers almost overnight." The 3rd Division fought for 86 days and shot down and damaged 64 US planes. On February 1, 1952, Chairman Mao wrote a message of congratulations to the 3rd Division of the Air Force of the Volunteer Army.

During this period, the Volunteer Air Force's 6th Division and 15th Division participated in the battle successively.A large number of troops of the Volunteer Air Force went into battle and seized partial air supremacy in the area north of the Qingchuan River. The US military called this area the "MiG Corridor" and was forced to abandon the bombing operation of the railway line in the area. The range of activities of fighter-bombers retreated to Pyongyang to the south. In early 1952, the 5th Air Force of the U.S. Air Force admitted that "the MiGs had driven the fighter-bombers back to the south of the Qingchuan River".

In the spring of 1952, the U.S. Air Force launched the so-called "saturation bombing" on the two railway lines from Sinanju to Namshi-dong, and from Suncheon to Heecheon, day and night.However, under the active counterattack of the Volunteer Air Force and anti-aircraft artillery, the two-month "saturation bombing" also did not achieve much effect.By June 1952, the 10-month "Strangulation War" finally ended in failure.Commander of the US Marine Corps Shepherd said; "People have admitted that the battle of strangulation has failed." During the anti-"strangulation battle", Zhang Jihui, the captain of the 4th Division of the Volunteer Air Force, shot down George Davis, the squadron leader of the U.S. Air Force Major and the "ace" pilot, in an air battle, which caused great shock in the United States. On the morning of February 10, 1952, several batches of U.S. planes invaded Pyongyang, Sariwon, and Gecheon areas. Among them, there were two batches of F-84 and F-80 fighter-bombers, a total of 16 fighter-bombers. Under the cover of 18 F-86 fighter jets, Bomb the railway line near Junyuli.The 4th Division of the Volunteer Air Force took off 34 MiG-15s to attack.Captain Zhang Jihui of the 3rd Battalion of the 12th Regiment and wingman Shan Zhiyu discovered an enemy plane in the distance and immediately reported to the air commander, dropped the auxiliary fuel tank and climbed up to prepare to meet the enemy.Lost the target while climbing the high school, and broke away from the formation.At this time, 8 enemy planes rushed down from the gap in the clouds at the right rear, and the first 2 planes had reached the tail of their two planes. Zhang Jihui turned right and rose violently, causing the US plane to miss the air and rush over.Zhang Jihui took the opportunity to occupy the tail of the lead American plane.The U.S. plane hurriedly got rid of it, first made a sharp dive, then rose vertically toward the sun, and then turned to dive again.Zhang Jihui pursued closely, gradually approaching, and finally fired three salvos at a distance of 600 meters, hit the US plane, fell to the ground and burned up.A minute later, he attacked the second American plane.The plane also tried its best to get rid of it, but was still hit by Zhang Jihui, and the plane exploded in the air, destroying both man and machine. After the air battle, the Volunteer Air Force recovered George Davis' badge from the wreckage of the US plane.Then the American newspaper also confirmed that the man who was shot down was Major Davis, who was praised as an "air hero" by the US Air Force.Davis has participated in 266 combat flights in World War II, with a total flight time of more than 3,000 hours. He is known as the "ace" pilot of the United States in the Korean War.Now being shot down by a Chinese pilot has caused an uproar in the U.S. government and the public, and the U.S. military is very embarrassed.U.S. Far East Air Force Commander Wayland issued a special statement, acknowledging that this was a "big blow" to the Far East Air Force and "a tragic loss." There are several small islands near the west coast of northern North Korea, called Jiaodao, Yamato Island, Xiaohe Island, etc., less than 70 kilometers away from the mouth of the Yalu River. There are enemy intelligence agencies on the island, equipped with high-power radar and listening equipment, specially collecting The activities of our Air Force. In November 1951, the Volunteer Army decided to send bombing aviation units to cooperate with ground forces to capture Da, Xiaohe and nearby islands during the anti-"strangulation battle". On November 2, the 3rd Division of the Volunteer Air Force and other units dispatched planes to conduct photographic reconnaissance on the islands and provided information for the landing troops. On the 5th, ground troops captured Lime Island.In order to consolidate the landing results, on the 6th, the 8th Division of the Air Force sent 9 Tu-2 bombers. Under the cover of 16 La-11 fighters of the 2nd Division and 24 MiG-15 fighters of the 3rd Division, they successfully bombed the large, The enemy command organization on Xiaohe Island has a bombing hit rate as high as 90%. On the night of the 29th, the 10th Division took off 10 Tu-2 bombers to bomb enemy ships near Da and Xiaohe Islands.These two actions were sudden, so they were not blocked by the US plane. On the afternoon of the 30th, in order to cooperate with the ground forces to capture Dahe Island and Xiaohe Island, the 8th Division dispatched 9 Tu-2 bombers to bomb Dahe Island and Xiaohe Island again under the escort of 16 La-11 fighter jets of the 2nd Division.This operation was due to a command error, and the last combat plan was still used. In addition, the mixed fleet arrived at the rendezvous airspace 4 minutes earlier, and did not meet with the escorting jet fighters. However, more than 30 enemy F-86 But I waited there to meet the attack. When the enemy plane suddenly opened fire on our plane, I realized that it was not the expected MiG-15, but a vicious enemy, so a tragic air battle occurred. Gao Yueming, commander of the 1st Battalion of the 24th Regiment of the 8th Division of our fleet, knew clearly that if some 20 piston planes from the Second World War were against the 30 or so latest jet planes, our planes were comparable in number to Quality is at a disadvantage.However, his unwavering determination to complete the task made him fearless.He issued an order: "Keep in formation, fight back resolutely, and advance bravely." The 3rd Squadron at the rear of the fleet was under the greatest pressure, especially the wingmen.Both engines of Song Fengsheng's left wingman were hit and caught fire. He ordered the crew to parachute, but he drove the plane like a fire dragon to the enemy's nest, and died with the enemy.Then, the right wingman was also shot and fell, leaving only the squadron leader to be attacked by enemy planes from all directions.The brave squadron leader, Xing Gaoke, is determined to move on and attract the enemy's firepower to support the front fleet to complete the task.A single plane that has lost the fire cover of the formation can only evade it by maneuvering and wait for an opportunity to fire back.But the rear hatch was pierced, and Liu Shaoji, the communications officer in the rear cabin, suffered a head injury and continued to fight in the cold wind.He aimed at an F-86 450 meters behind the tail, pressed the shooting button, and fired a long burst. The enemy plane was shot and exploded in the air, setting the world's first record of a piston bomber shooting down a jet fighter. The La-11 escort fighter plane is also desperately fighting the enemy plane.The deputy captain Wang Tianbao took advantage of the small turning radius of the piston aircraft to fight with the enemy in circles. He finally found the fighter plane. He was wounded successively and fled in embarrassment.When Wang Tianbao moved closer to cover the bomber again, he fell into the encirclement of 7 enemy planes.But he was not afraid, and circled among the enemy planes, looking for fighters.In a melee, he got the opportunity to fire twice, sending two F-86s into the sea.Wang Tianbao created a miracle in the history of air combat: a single piston plane fought with more than 10 jet planes, fired 6 times, shot down and injured 2 enemy planes each. Our bomber continued to advance, and the enemy plane pursued desperately.Bi Wubin, the right wingman of No. 1 Squadron, was attacked by two enemy planes. He pulled up the nose and ordered the shooter to fire, but both the shooter and the communicator had died.Then three more enemy planes attacked him from three directions.The canopy was punctured, and the cold wind entered. Bi Wubin, who was injured and unconscious, woke up. He saw Yamato Island in front of him, so he stepped up the accelerator and sprinted forward.His aircraft fuel pipe exploded and caught fire, and the air commander ordered him to parachute, but he didn't parachute, but full of hatred, with flames all over his body, he heroically rushed to the target and died a heroic sacrifice. Although my mixed formation suffered heavy losses in the bloody battle, the remaining aircraft still maintained formation to reach the target and dropped all the bombs.At this time, the ground troops successfully landed and recovered the island that had been occupied by the enemy for many days. When the 9 bombers returned, only 5 remained, 4 of which were injured.The enemy also paid a high price. I shot down 3 F-86 planes and injured 5 of them. After the failure of the U.S. military's "strangling battle", its air force began to organize large-scale air campaigns in the summer of 1952, destroying the hydroelectric power generation system, water conservancy irrigation system and important military supply system in northern North Korea. On June 23, the U.S. military dispatched more than 500 fighter-bombers. Under the cover of more than 100 fighter jets, they simultaneously bombed the hydropower systems in Sufeng, Changjin, Gozhan, Xuchuan and other places.In the following week, the US Air Force's activities became more rampant, dispatching 300 to 600 sorties every day, and continued to bomb power generation systems and transportation hubs.Under the cooperation of friendly forces, the Volunteer Air Force cooperated closely with the ground air defense forces to carry out combat air defense operations to smash the enemy's air campaign and defend important targets. In the autumn of 1952, the newly developed F-86F fighter jets developed by the United States were put into the Korean battlefield, and the Volunteer Air Force also obtained the new MiG-15bis aircraft. The two sides competed with the most advanced equipment.In the face of successive setbacks, the U.S. Air Force continued to change its tactics. With its superior force, it dispatched a large fleet of bombers, and its bombing range reached the area along the Yalu River.The Volunteer Army also summed up its experience and adopted the "one-domain, multi-layer, four-four system" (that is, four-aircraft formation, multi-layer configuration, and centralized one domain) combat method.Small formations, multiple levels, multiple batches and multiple routes are dispatched continuously, using tactics such as lure, detour, pincer attack, attacking large aircraft groups and attacking small aircraft groups interspersed, and the air combat is more active. On November 2, our air force successfully used tactics to lure the enemy.That afternoon, the U.S. Air Force dispatched more than 60 F-86 aircraft to cover more than 150 fighter-bombers in an attempt to sneak attack on the Lagushao Power Station.A unit of the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Division of the Volunteer Air Force crossed the "blocking screen" of the enemy's F-86 and attracted more than 40 F-86s to fight it in the Yichuan and Dingzhou areas.At the same time, 28 planes from the 3rd and 12th Divisions of the East Route Division cooperated with friendly planes to intercept the enemy fighter-bombers attacking the Lagushao Power Station on the Xichuan and Yunshan lines, and shot down 14 enemy planes in one fell swoop. On November 15, the Volunteer Air Force used detour tactics and succeeded again.Wang Hai, deputy head of the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Division, led a detour to the south of the Qingchuan River, turned north, and hit the enemy's side; Wang Huaqing, deputy head of the 36th Regiment of the 12th Division, led another force from north to south , hit the front of the enemy.These two forces concentrated in one area in Taichuan, flanked the enemy planes, and shot down 4 US F-86 planes. The 3rd and 12th Divisions of the Volunteer Air Force fought 5 air battles with enemy F-86 aircraft in early December, shooting down and injuring 8 enemy aircraft.However, in the battle on December 3, Sun Shenglu, the captain of the 2nd Brigade of the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Division, fought with 6 enemy planes and died unfortunately.During his lifetime, he shot down 6 enemy planes and damaged 1 plane, known as the "Air Assaulter". The USAF acknowledged that during the winter of 1952 the Volunteer Air Force's "combat performance had clearly increased" and that the USAF's "combat activities had become more and more difficult." In order to deal with the new tactics of the Volunteer Air Force, the U.S. Air Force competed for air supremacy in the area north of the Qingchuan River. By the spring of 1953, the Air Force with F-86s had been increased to 4 wings, and several F-86 "blockers" were added north of the Qingchuan River. Screen".However, the U.S. attempt failed. Not only was the air supremacy in the area north of the Qingchuan River still in the hands of the Volunteer Air Force, but the Volunteer Air Force continued to attack with a small fleet and multiple echelons, frequently crossing the F-86's "blocking screen". The area south of the Qingchuan River, and even the area south of Pyongyang, attacked American fighter-bombers, often forcing them to abandon their bombs and flee south.Not only the "MiG Corridor" still exists, but there are also activities of the Volunteer Air Force south of Pyongyang. In the struggle for air supremacy, the U.S. Air Force did not dare to take the risk of escalating the war to directly bomb the Volunteer Air Force base in China, but sent a small team to sneak into China and wait for the opportunity to sneak attack my plane returning to land.There was not much fuel left on my return plane, and the speed before landing was low and the altitude was low. Once I was attacked by an enemy plane, it was often difficult to fight back.Therefore, it was once lost.Since then, we have paid more attention to intelligence support, strengthened our vigilance and air cover, and counterattacked the enemy's sneak attack over the base, and achieved gratifying results. World War I on April 7, 1953 was the most dramatic.In the afternoon of that day, 12 MiG-15bis aircraft of the 43rd Regiment of the 15th Division returned after an air battle.The two planes of Zhang Niuke and Han Decai covered the landing of the comrades in the air.After the cover mission was over, when he was about to land, the red light of the fuel warning light of Han Decai's plane was on, which indicated that there was not much fuel left.He was about to land immediately, but when the plane slid to an altitude of 1,000 meters, he suddenly heard the ground commander order: "Pull up quickly, there are enemy planes."He pulled up the plane and searched, and found that two Ao planes on the left front were tracking a returning volunteer plane.Then one of the enemy planes suddenly gave up tracking, turned its nose, and went straight to Zhang Niuke's plane.Han Decai hurriedly called the lead plane to pull up, the enemy plane had already fired, Zhang Niuke's plane was shot, and white smoke came out from the tail.Regardless of the fact that the fuel was about to run out, Han Decai stepped up the accelerator, rushed towards the enemy plane, fired at 300 meters, and shot down the F-86 at once.Before the enemy plane fell to the ground, the pilot parachuted.The militiamen guarding the airport had already laid a net, and the enemy landed and was immediately captured. The prisoner was named Harold Edward Fisher. He learned to fly at the age of 15 and participated in World War II. He fought 175 times in the Korean War. He was called "Double Material" because of his record of shooting down 10 planes. Ace" pilot.His position is the captain of the 51st Wing of the US Air Force. The "double ace" was very dissatisfied with being shot down during the interrogation, and repeatedly asked to see the opponent who shot him down.My troop chief complied with his request.When he saw Han Decai, the youngest pilot of the Volunteer Air Force, he didn't believe that this was the opponent who shot down him, the "air hero", and thought it was a "joke".The head of the army told him that Han Decai was only 20 years old, learned the culture after joining the army, and had less than 100 hours of flying time.Fisher was dumbfounded, bowed his head and was speechless. Before Han Decai shot down Fisher, he had already shot down 4 enemy planes.If the Volunteer Air Force also shot down 5 so-called ace pilots, it would be enough to be an "ace" this time. From May to June 1953, the Volunteer Air Force began to fight the enemy under simple weather conditions at night and complex weather conditions during the day. On May 29, Hou Shujun, deputy head of the 10th Regiment of the 4th Division, shot down an enemy plane at night, setting the first record of annihilating an enemy at night. From June to July, the Volunteer Air Force's 3rd, 4th, 6th, 12th, 15th, and 17th Divisions fought with US aircraft at medium and low altitudes many times under complex weather conditions during the day.Although many victories have been achieved, the price is not small. In June, he shot down 21 enemy planes and damaged 3 planes. He also shot down 20 planes and damaged 18 planes. On July 19, the U.S. Air Force took advantage of the upcoming signing of the armistice agreement to step up activities to destroy our airport.It was Sunchu that dispatched a fleet of 168 aircraft to attack Sinuiju and Uiju airports.During the counterattack of the Volunteer Air Force, the 6th and 4th Divisions shot down 1 enemy plane and damaged 2 planes.Since then, until the armistice on July 27, although the Volunteer Air Force has dispatched combat operations, there are no favorable fighters. The air battle on July 19 became the last air battle in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. At 10 am on July 27, the armistice agreement was signed.According to the 12 hours after the agreement is signed, that is, it will take effect at 22:01 on the same day.The U.S. Air Force was active on this day, and fighter-bombers carried out pointless bombing of many unusable airfields in northern North Korea.Finally, the U.S. Air Force took off several B-29 heavy bombers from Japan to drop leaflets.Twenty-five minutes before the ceasefire, another B-26 bomber was sent to drop the last batch of bombs.Apart from once again demonstrating the nature of imperialist aggressors, these activities cannot add any luster to their defeat. In two years and eight months of air combat, the Volunteer Air Force has gone from being incapable of air combat to making many achievements, from fighting a small fleet to being able to fight a large fleet; from single-type combat to multi-type contract combat, from tactical combat to campaign combat fight.There are 672 pilots in 10 fighter aviation divisions, 28 flight crews in 2 bomber aviation divisions, and nearly 60,000 ground personnel have gained actual combat experience. In the air combat, the Volunteer Air Force made great achievements, shooting down 330 enemy planes and damaging 95 planes; it was shot down 231 planes and damaged 151 planes. After the war, the Air Force of the Volunteer Army, according to the instructions of their superiors, rewarded those who made meritorious service in the war, appraised heroes, models, and meritorious officials, and awarded medals and medals.First-level heroes include Wang Hai, Liu Yudi, Sun Shenglu, Zhao Baotong, Zhang Jihui, and Lu Min; second-level heroes include Li Han, Zou Yan, Wang Tianbao, Yang Zhenyu, Gao Yueming, Fan Wanzhang, Jiang Daoping, Han Decai, Zheng Minhua, Jiao Jingwen, Wu Shengkai, and Bi Wubin; Second-level models include Qian Liangsheng, Su Zhiming, and Yaoxian; special heroes include Luo Canghai, Chen Liang, Hua Longyi, Lu Songting, Sun Zhongguo, etc.There are more than 8,000 meritorious officials above the third class. During the battle, the Volunteer Army Air Force grew rapidly while fighting, building, and training. It expanded its team, improved its equipment, trained a large number of air and ground crews, commanders, and various professional cadres, and accumulated valuable combat experience. Air defense combat experience, which is of great significance to the construction and development of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force after the war.