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3 unusual facts about 15th Airborne Corps


15th Airborne Corps

The airborne divisions were located as follows: the 43rd Division stationed in Kaifeng, Henan (zhwiki: 127th and 128th Airborne Infantry and 129th Airborne Artillery Regiments), and the 44th and 45th Divisions also in the Wuhan area at Guangshui and Huangpi.

In May 1989, the 15th Airborne Corps’ 43rd and 44th Paratrooper Brigades were deployed to Beijing to enforce martial law and suppress the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

On August 1, the brigade's Headquarters moved to Kaifeng, Henan Province, which were designated as the division's training bases.



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