[1] A year later in March 1954, the unit was relocated to Nanyuan Air Base (China's oldest airfield dating back to the Qing Dynasty) near Beijing until March 1955 when it was again moved to Wugong, Shaanxi, joining the Northwest Military Region Air Force (later Lanzhou).

Although it is unclear why the regiment would adopt older bombers, reports of the unit's history mention receipt of Soviet Tu-2s in April 1960.

[1] The 4th Independent Regiment was renamed to its current designation, the 36th Bomber Division on 13 April 1965 with its headquarters remaining in Wugong, Shaanxi Province.

Shortly after, the division's 106th Air Regiment (which does not exist today) was transformed into a Tu-4 electronic warfare and reconnaissance regiment and was transferred to the Wuhan Military Region Air Force (today part of the Southern Theater Command).

[1][3] Although China's first satellite, the Dong Fang Hong 1, wouldn't be launched until April 1970, China continued its progress in achieving the goals of its "Two Bombs, One Satellite" program with its first test of a hydrogen bomb (thermonuclear) on 14 June 1967, also dropped from an H-6 bomber of the 36th Bomber Division.

The 108th Air Regiment is thought to operate twelve aircraft organized into three flight squadrons.