Lin Hu (Chinese: ??; pinyin: LÃn Hu; 26 December 1927 – 3 March 2018) was a Chinese aviator, fighter pilot and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
Born to a Russian mother and a Chinese father, he was orphaned at a young age.
Lin joined the Eighth Route Army to fight in the Second Sino-Japanese War before he turned 11.
After the Second World War, he was trained as a fighter pilot and fought in the Korean War and the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.
He served as deputy commander of the PLA Air Force from 1985 to 1994 and attained the rank of lieutenant general in 1988.