[4][5] In 1957, the school was once again renamed to the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force Radar Technical College and placed under the command of the PLAAF Headquarters.

In November 1952, the school was moved to the AFEWA's present location in Wuhan City, Hubei Province and was subordinated to the Air Defense Command of the CMC.

The academy would remain until August 1992 when it was transferred from the Guangzhou Military Region Air Force to report directly to PLAAF headquarters.

[6][7] The Air Force Early Warning Academy, accredited under both the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Central Military Commission (CMC), recruits male high school (高中) graduates across the People's Republic of China (PRC) and provides graduates a bachelor's degree in either military science or engineering and the requisite training to fill platoon and company leadership positions as junior officers in early warning and detection units.

In 2017, the academy recruited 340 young men from 21 provinces (including directly administered municipalities and autonomous regions).

[10] The AFEWA operates four campuses Major General Wang Yongliang (王永良) is professor and doctoral supervisor at the Air Force Early Warning Academy is a renowned radar technologist.

Wang is well known for his theories and breakthrough achievements in time-based signal processing in radar and his accomplishments have found wide application in the PLAAF such as in the branch's anti-clutter, anti-jamming, and moving target detection radar capabilities aboard reconnaissance, fighter, and early-warning platforms.