After the Rocket Force purge and the downfall of Xi Jinping’s closest military allies, the PLA’s internal cleansing appears to have reached the Air Force. China’s Air Force commander and political commissar have vanished from public view, with online profiles quietly erased. At the same time, multiple senior Air Force figures have died suddenly or disappeared amid a widening investigation. These patterns mirror earlier purges that preceded official announcements. Together, they point to deep instability inside China’s military—signs not of war preparation, but of a force under internal collapse.
