On March 17, 2015 (January 27, 2015 in the lunar calendar), the 98-year-old founding general passed away and led his troops to shoot down and damage 88 American aircraft. Fang Ziyi (data photo) On November 30, 1950, the first leader of the Fourth Fighter Division of the Air Force took a group photo in Liaoyang. The second from the left is Fang Ziyi's Lu 'an News Network. At 9:45 on March 17, 2015, Comrade Fang Ziyi, a former adviser to the Air Force Academy (a position in the Corps, corresponding to the deputy position of the Military Region), passed away in Beijing due to ineffective medical treatment. He was 98 years old. Fang Ziyi, formerly known as Fang Taixing, was born in Fotang 'ao, Guoziyuan Township, Jinzhai County, Anhui Province. Born in 1917, he joined the Red Army of Workers and Peasants of China in 1930, joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1931, and transferred to the Communist Party of China in 1933. Fang Ziyi once participated in the Long March and served as a student in the flight training class of the Xinjiang Aviation Corps during the Anti-Japanese War. During the War of Liberation, he served as captain of the Air Force of the Eighth Route Army General Command, chief of the Flight Training Department, and political commissar of the Flight Brigade. After the founding of New China, Fang Ziyi successively served as principal of the 5th Aviation School of the Air Force, commander of the 4th Fighter Division of the Air Force of the Volunteer Army, deputy commander and commander of the 2nd Air Force Army, deputy commander and director of the Training Department of the Beijing Military Region Air Force, deputy commander of the Air Force of the Guangzhou Military Region, and consultant of the Air Force Academy. Fang Ziyi was the first-generation pilot of the People's Air Force. He led his troops to shoot down and damage 88 US military aircraft on the Korean battlefield and killed its ace pilot. Davis, known as "tireless in hundreds of battles," demonstrated the prestige of the new China Air Force. Fang Ziyi also participated in the air force organization and command of the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. Previously, Fang Ziyi once recalled the Sino-US air war on the Korean battlefield. At that time, China Air Force was first established, its training was very immature and had no combat experience. Liu Yalou, the then Air Force Commander, once gave him a face-to-face advice and told him that "the victory or defeat depends on you." However, in the first battle of the Sino-US air war, China Air Force shot down a US F-84, breaking the "myth" of the invincible US Air Force at that time. In 1955, Fang Ziyi was awarded the rank of Major General. Won the Second Class August 1st Medal, the Second Class Medal of Independence and Freedom Medal, the First Class Liberation Medal, and the First Class Red Star Meritorious Medal. He was also awarded the Second Class Flag Medal and the Second Class Freedom and Independence Medal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.