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Naval and Air Force Blades Unite to Guard the Peace of Mountains and Rivers

海空利刃共护山河安宁
PLA Daily (解放军报) 19 June 2026
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On the shared founding anniversary of the PLA Navy's first submarine unit and the PLA Air Force's first aviation unit, Chinese military media published a joint commemorative piece pairing the two services under a unified patriotic framing tied to the Dragon Boat Festival. This is standard holiday political work content; its value is as a baseline record of how PLA media coordinates cross-service messaging around calendar anniversaries to reinforce institutional identity and public loyalty narratives, not as evidence of operational coordination or policy change.

Dragon boats race to welcome the Dragon Boat Festival; iron wings soar through the clouds toward glory. Today marks the founding anniversary of the People's Navy's first submarine unit, and also the establishment anniversary of the People's Air Force's first aviation unit. The sea dragons (蛟龙) dive through the deep sea, and the war eagles sharpen their swords across the vast sky—the people's soldiers stand firm watch over the nation's seas and skies, safeguarding the peace and wellbeing of ten thousand families.

Original Chinese
龙舟竞渡迎端午,铁翼凌云赴荣光。今天,是人民海军第一支潜艇部队诞生日,也是人民空军首支航空兵部队成立日。蛟龙潜行深海,战鹰砺剑长空,人民子弟兵坚守祖国海天,护佑万家安康。