[1][2] He received training at the air force's mechanics school until April 1938, and served at the Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company in Leiyun (or Loiwing), Kunming, Bhamo (Burma), and Xinjin (Sichuan).

After the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II in 1945, Huang entered the University of Michigan to study aerodynamics.

[1][3] Less than a year later, the Kuomintang government of the Republic of China signed a deal with Britain's Gloster Aircraft Company to jointly manufacture fighter jets, and sent Huang to England in September 1946.

As the Kuomintang lost the war and retreated to Taiwan, Huang stayed on the mainland and worked for the victorious Communist Party.

In July 1951, he was transferred to the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and put in charge of repairing the PLA Air Force's MiG-9 and MiG-15 fighters then being deployed in the Korean War.

[3] In October 1964, the Chinese government decided to design and build its first high-speed, high-altitude interceptor fighter jet, later named the Shenyang J-8.