Military units and formations established in 1925

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Chapters: 43rd Infantry Division (United States), Air Defence of Great Britain, National Revolutionary Army, No. 101 Flight RAAF, No. 502 Squadron RAF, No. 600 Squadron RAF, No. 601 Squadron RAF, No. 602 Squadron RAF, No. 603 Squadron RAF, RAF Tilshead, Republic of China Armed Forces, Sudan Defence Force. Excerpt: The Republic of China Armed Forces (Chinese: , pinyin: Zhonghuá Mínguó Guójun) encompass the Army, Navy (including the Marine Corps), Air Force and Military Police Force of the Republic of China (ROC). It is a military establishment, which accounted for 16.8% of the central budget in the fiscal year of 2003. It was originally the National Revolutionary Army before being renamed as the Republic of China Armed Forces in 1947 due to the implementation of the Constitution. Until the 1970s, the military's primary mission was to retake mainland China from the communist People's Republic of China (PRC) through the Project National Glory. The military's current foremost mission is the defense of the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Quemoy and Matsu against a possible military invasion by the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China, which is seen as the predominant threat to the ROC in the ongoing dispute over the political status of Taiwan. Chiang Ching-kuo, appointed as Kuomintang director of Secret Police in 1950, was educated in the Soviet Union, and initiated Soviet style military organization in the Republic of China Military, reorganizing and Sovietizing the political officer corps, surveillance, and Kuomintang party activities were propagated throughout the military. Opposed to this was Sun Li-jen, who was educated at the American Virginia Military Institute. Chiang Ching-kuo then arrested Sun Li-jen, charging him of conspiring with the American CIA of plotting to overthrow Chiang Kaishek and the Kuomintang, Sun was placed under house arrest in 1955. In the 21st Century as the PRC vastly increased its defense spending, Taiwan registered the lowest growth in defense spending of the major Asia-Pacific powers. These cutbacks where felt as vital land based systems were cut in order to afford an upgrade of aging fourth generation jet fighters (needed to respond to the PRC's fifth generation fighter programs). And even the jet fighter upgrades were cut back in