August 1st

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August 1st Aerobatic Team
Active	1962 - present
Country	China
Branch	People's Liberation Army Air Force
Role	Aerobatic Display
Garrison/HQ	Yangcun Air Base (Meichong) ( 39°22′24″N, 117°5′42″E )
Nickname	Bayi
Colors	White and Red; formerly White and Blue (with red star on the tail fin)
Insignia
Identification symbol
Aircraft flown
Fighter	8 Chengdu J-10

The August 1st or 81st Aerobatics Team (Chinese: 八一飞行) is the aerobatic demonstration team of the People's Liberation Army Air Force. It is named after the date of the founding of the PLAAF. The unit was founded in 1962 and has performed 320 events in 100 countries. It is part of the PLAAF Beijing Military Region.

Aircraft

The August 1st aerobatic team (Ba Yi aerobatic team) initially equipped the fleet with JJ-5 fighter-trainer jets, a Chinese version of Russian made MiG-17. In later ages The JJ-5s are replaced by Chengdu J-7EB, then again was replaced by the newer J-7GB (2001). There are about 8 aircraft in the fleet, but only 6 are set for any airshow.

In May 2009, the team upgraded their jets to the much more advanced Chengdu J-10 multirole fighter.^[1]

Base

• The aerobatics team is based out of Yangcun Air Force Base (Meichong) near Tianjin, home to the 24th Fighter Division.

Appearances

• China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition

Accidents

• June 1997 - 3 aircraft crash in Tianjin during a practice session
• 15 September 1998 - single aircraft crashes near Chongming Island Airport near Shanghai
• July 14, 2009 - Number 3 wing which was a J-7GB crashed at Yang Cun airbase during practicing session, while preparing for the coming National Day demonstration on October 1st.

Gallery

References

External links

• http://www.airliners.net/open.file/914320/M/
• Squadron patch

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