Liu Yudi

Liu Yudi (; 17 September 1923 – 17 February 2015) was a MiG-15 pilot of the People's Liberation Army Air Force of China. According to Chinese state source Xinhua, Liu was a flying ace during the Korean War, with 6 shootdowns. He later served as commander of the Beijing Military Region Air Force, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1988.

After the war, he assumed various posts in PLA Air Force, including deputy commander of Beijing Military Region and commander of its Air Force. He was awarded the rank of wing commander in 1955 and the rank of group captain in 1963. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1988. He was awarded the title of "First Class War Hero of the People's Volunteer Army".

He was a delegate to the 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th National People's Congress, a delegate to the 11th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, and a member of the 7th and 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He was also a Standing Committee member of the 7th CPPCC.

Liu retired in April 1990. He died of an illness in Beijing on 17 February 2015. The day before he died, PLA Air Force Commander Ma Xiaotian visited him in the hospital, and Liu wrote down his last words with his quivering hands: "Greatly develop bombers" .