One more cargo unit – 13th Transport Air Division - was settled at the Wuhan Military Region area. The division was the direct subordinate of China People’s Liberation Army Air Force headquarter with old Soviet Lisunov Li-2, Ilyushin Il-14, and Curtis C-46 Commando transport aircraft. They replaced the old piston engines types remained from the Second World War at the beginning of the 80s to Soviet-made Antonov An-26 transport aircraft.
The 13th Transport Air Division supported the local Chinese 15th Airborne Corps.
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