Zhang Tingfa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Zhang Tingfa

Chinese general

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1918

Place of Birth: Sha County, Fujian, China

Date of Death: 25-Mar-2010

Profession: military officer

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Zhang Tingfa (Chinese: ???; 9 April 1918 – 25 March 2010) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and a major general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
He served as Political Commissar and Commander of the PLAAF, and was a member of the Central Military Commission (CMC).
He also served two terms as a member of the CPC Politburo, before retiring in 1985.
He fought in the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Civil War, and the Korean War, and commanded the Chinese Air Force during the Sino-Vietnamese War.