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Propose to move the page to the PLAAF Airborne Corps to avoid the (China) at the end of the title.Garuda28 (talk) 21:10, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Name, and propose change to title name

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Propose namechange to People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps per Wikipedia:ACRONYMTITLE. Sources seem to indciate the full name of this organization is the "People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps", with "People's Liberation Army Airborne Corps" being used as a shorthand, even before the name change from 15th Airborne Corps.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/06/23/Japan-says-no-to-THAAD-battery-as-China-announces-drills/3031498230911/

  • "Beijing continues to oppose THAAD and, according to China's People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps on Thursday, drills involving..."

https://ccasindia.org/PLA-Deputies-NPC.pdf

  • "... Political Commissar of the PLA Air Force Airborne Corps (formerly PLA Air Force's 15th Airborne Corps)..."

https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/Annual_Report/Chapters/Chapter%202%2C%20Section%202%20-%20China%27s%20Military%20Modernization%20in%202017.pdf https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/transcripts/Hearing%20Transcript%20-%20February%2015%2C%202018.pdf

  • "...dropped the number, and now they're just called the PLA Air Force Airborne Corps, which seems to indicate that they've been moved up ..."

https://www.mca-marines.org/sites/default/files/THE_SAND_TABLE_Vol1_Iss5_Mar18_Final.pdf

  • ", the PLAAF Airborne Corps represents a very capable (though untried) rapid response force for China."

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/04597222.2018.1416982

  • "including the PLAAF's Airborne Corps and bases noted above, also began to make the transition. As a result, the next likely step will be to see a transntion at the ..."

Please do not seek to change the name without first responding on the talk page for discussion. Garuda28 (talk) 18:37, 13 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Size of the force

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Is there any actual reliable article about the size of this unit? SReader2101 (talk) 17:26, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]