Take off, at the moment when people need it most

——Remember a certain regiment of the Central Air Force Aviation Corps

People's Liberation Army Daily reporter Gao Liying Special correspondent Zhang Lei correspondent Long Deyong

A military transport aircraft roared, and a thrilling roar rang through Wuhan Tianhe Airport. Under the red slogan "China refueling" and "Wuhan refueling", a huge tail belly hatch opened, and a team of camouflage figures came out of the cabin and stood in line ...

On February 2nd, after the large air force transport aircraft arrived at Wuhan Tianhe Airport, the crew members refueled for "Wuhan". Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Li Shining)

Since January 24, a certain regiment of the Central Air Force Aviation Corps has performed emergency airlift missions in support of the fight against the epidemic 4 times, with the mission of writing "Wings of Great Power" with a 50,000-kilometer track to protect against the epidemic.

"The people of the whole country are with us and they are all members of the Kunlun Eagle"

At the time of the reunion, Lu Zhonghua, deputy head of the group, flew into Shanghai and flew to Shanghai. Taking off on New Year's Eve, this is not the first time for Lu Zhonghua-in 2008, the South suffered a severe rain and snow disaster. On New Year's Eve that year, he and his comrades airlifted 100 tons of candles to the disaster area overnight.

In 2019, it was New Year's Eve, and Lu Zhonghua and his comrades took off again in an emergency, bringing 450 medical personnel and medical supplies from the military support Hubei medical team to Wuhan. Emergency airlift, sending troops to Jiangcheng. History will remember these special moments-in the early hours of February 2, the regiment's eight large transport planes were dispatched to Shenyang, Lanzhou, Guangzhou, and Nanjing, and the four locations simultaneously synchronized with the Wuhan emergency airlift army to support Hubei medical team members and medical supplies.

In the early morning of February 13, the Air Force dispatched 3 Type 11 transport aircraft to 7 airports to support the Wuhan Air Force members and medical supplies to the Wuhan Air Force. Three regiments of the regiment participated. Four days later, the Air Force 3 and 8 large and medium-sized transport aircraft supported the Hubei Medical Team members and medical supplies to the Wuhan Air Force for the fourth time.

On February 17, a certain regiment of the Central Air Force Air Corps made a fourth expedition, sending members of the military support Hubei medical team to Wuhan. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Li Shining)

This is a short video that has been liked by millions of netizens——

"I am the captain of the Air Force 21041 aircraft. It is a great honor for me and the crew to build this route of life. I wish you every victory and return in safety, and pay tribute to you." Captain Ding Yi broadcasted on the plane and was quickly disclosed. Swipe your screen on social media.

This is a hard-core boarding pass on Weibo's "hot search list"-

On the morning of February 17, a "Yun-20 boarding pass" printed on a blue background with a QR code printed on it was warming. "Kunlun Eagle all officers and soldiers salute you, wish you peace, and look forward to your triumph soon!" A few hours later, the scan code of the boarding pass was copied to the message area by many netizens.

The regiment's appointment strongly expressed: "At that moment, the people of the whole country were with us and became part of the Kunlun Eagle!"

"For the motherland and the people, we are always ready to follow orders"

This Spring Festival holiday, young army soldier Kong Qi has been watching the sky. On the morning of February 13, the pilot Zhou Ji flew to Wuhan. That day, the visibility over Tianhe Airport was only one kilometer. Zhou Ji and his comrades calmly operated, and the plane landed steadily. After Zhou Ji landed, he reported his peace to his wife at Tianhe Airport. The concern of his wife Kong Qi turned into pride.

Zhou Ji and his comrades are also proud of this transcript of support for the epidemic prevention and control fight-

Hearing orders, carry the burden! Four expeditions, 15 aircraft, 8 different airports, nearly 50,000 kilometers of tracks, emergency airlift of thousands of military medical staff and more than 100 tons of medical supplies ... Behind this heavy set of data is a dare to fight hard and be brave Struggling team.

Flying day and night, racing against time. Some flight crews have a mission flight time of more than 14 hours, and can only carry out aircraft refueling inspection and flight preparation while organizing loading. Prepared late at night and took off in the early morning. The crew members ate by the plane and rested in the cabin. They just wanted to send the medical team to the front line of the epidemic prevention at the fastest speed.

Carefully "refurbished" and fully disinfected. In order to complete this special airlift mission, before the expedition, the leader of the air brigade, Li Heng, led the officers and men to install seats, partitions, and temporary toilets in the cabin. They provide a warm hearted environment while protecting precision medical instruments from damage.

On the morning of February 1, Gou Changliang, an ad hoc division, discovered that an AC power failure occurred in the aircraft engine booster. With many years of professional experience and keen instinct for failure, he judged: "This is not an accident!" So, they quickly replaced the parts of the starting system and repeated inspection 5 times until the failure was completely resolved.

This emergency large airlift, with long time, high intensity, continuous take-off and landing, synchronization in multiple places, arrived on time, the mission officers and soldiers were not afraid of fatigue, fear of hardships, dare to fight hard battles, and achieved two perfection rates and mission completion rates. 100%.

On February 17th, as the last transport aircraft participating in the mission landed safely, they completed the task transition immediately, and began training on a number of difficult courses the next day. From the thousands of miles of assistance to the actual training of troops, the regiment continued to write its mission to fulfill its mission.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the regiment flew three brigades to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, conquered Kunlun Nature Insurance, and was awarded the "Kunlun Eagle Team" honorary title by the Air Force. In recent years, the regiment has inherited the "Kunlun Spirit" and successfully completed major tasks such as Wenchuan earthquake relief. "For the motherland and the people, we are always ready to follow orders!" Said Wang Liyong, head of the regiment.

On February 12, the crew of a regiment air force in the Central Theater quickly completed emergency night airborne maintenance preparations. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Hu Ke)

"Fight side by side with everyone, this year is a good year"

"For whom", "Hometown", "Night, Fireflies, and You" ... On the tenth day of the first month, Wang Chenlu sent three pieces of piano music that he played on the WeChat circle of friends.

The picture of the pilot's family for the piano is a photo of a news report of her husband Zhang Wenhao flying an emergency airlift mission.

This Spring Festival, there are many figures who stick to the same position as Zhang Wenhao-in a few months, Han Jianmin, the old captain with a flight time of more than 10,000 hours, has reached the maximum number of years. I heard that to carry out emergency airlift missions, he found the regimental leader three times and asked: "My party is old and has participated in many emergency missions. This time, I must be the first one."

On February 2, Han Jianmin flew to the northwest to carry out the mission and airlifted medical team members to Wuhan. Among the directions of this large air transport, Urumqi Diwopu Airport is the farthest from Wuhan, with a one-way navigation distance of more than 3,000 kilometers, a flight time of nearly 5 hours, complicated routes and poor weather conditions.

On February 11, the regiment received an order to travel to Urumqi by air to support the Hubei medical team overnight. Although he has flown twice in the previous period, the captain of the three brigade Wang Xiaoliang once again asked: "I often fly this route, I am familiar with it." Starting from New Year's Eve, Xiao Yihong, a 53-year-old air communications engineer, completed emergency airlift missions three times in a row. During this time, he went to Singapore twice to perform the Air Force Bayi flight show team to participate in the air show and return to construction and transportation missions ... He said, "Fight side by side with everyone, this year is worthy!"

This article was published in the 03 edition of the PLA Daily on February 26

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Editors: Wang Zhenjiang, Cheng Bo, Zhang Yujin, Li Haoran, Zhang Xiaojun