[citation needed] The Tibet Military Region was reduced to the status of a district in 1971.

[1] The region was disbanded during the 2015 People's Republic of China military reform and become part of the Western Theater Command.

5th Air Corps became the Kunming MRAF CP in 1978, and then the Command Post was renamed a Base at some time after 1993.

[citation needed] Lieutenant General (zhong jiang) Yang Jinshan served as the Deputy Commander of Chengdu Military Region between July 2013 to October 2014, and Commander of Tibet Military District from December 2009 to July 2013.

[5] Organizations affiliated with the Chengdu Military Region often used the nickname "banner" (Chinese: 战旗; pinyin: zhànqí; lit.