Vietnamese Famous Pilots 2

Cac Phi Cong noi tieng cua Khong Quan ta. Tribute of famous Vietnamese Fighter Pilots from the Vietnam War. 16 of them becoming Aces while the americans had only 2. Most of them flying the MiG-17 and the MiG-21. Confirmed Aces: Nguyễn Văn Cốc 9 (MiG-21PF/PFM) Mai Văn Cường 8 (MiG-21PF/PFM) Nguyễn Hồng Nhị 8 (MiG-21PF/PFM) Phạm Thanh Ngân 8 (MiG-21F-13/PF) Đặng Ngọc Ngự † 7 (MiG-21PFM) Nguyễn Văn Bảy 7 (MiG-17F) Lê Hải 6 (MiG-17F) Lê Thanh Đạo 6 (MiG-21PFM) Lưu Huy Chao 6 (MiG-17F) Nguyễn Đức Soát 6 (MiG-21PFM) Nguyễn Đăng Kỉnh 6 (MiG-21PF) Nguyễn Nhật Chiêu 6 (MiG-17A/MiG-21PF) Nguyễn Ngọc Độ 6 (MiG-21F-13/PF) Nguyễn Tiến Sâm 6 (MiG-21PFM/MF) Vũ Ngọc Đỉnh 6 (MiG-21PF) Nguyễn Văn Nghĩa 5 (MiG-21MF) There are another Vietnamese Aces but unconfirmed by the US Air Force however. These are Le Quang Trung † 5 (MiG-17) Vo Van Man † (4-5) (MiG-17) Phan Van Tuc † 5 (MiG-17) Pham Ngoc Loan 5 (MiG-17) Nguyen The Hon 5 (MiG-17) Ngo Duc Mai † (3) 5 (MiG-17) Hoang Van Ky † 5 (MiG-17) Guen Doc 6 (MiG-21) Cao Thanh Tinh 5 (MiG-17) Nguyen Phi Hung † 5 (MiG-17) Most pilots became posthumous VPAF Aces with 5 kills. † = killed in action Trung Doan 921 "Sao Do": MiG-17, MiG-21 Trung Doan 923 "Yen The": MiG-17F Trung Doan 925 Tiem Kich: MiG-19S Trung Doan 927 "Lam Son: MiG-21PFM/MF Tieu Doan 929 Nem bom: IL-28 Trung Doan Tiem Kich 921 "Sao Do" ban ha 137 may bay My. 921 Fighter Regiment "Red Star" shoots down 137 American aircrafts. Trung Doan Tiem Kich 923 "Yen The" ban ha 107 may bay My. 923 Figter Regiment "Yen The shoots down 107 American aircrafts. Trung Doan Tiem Kich 925 ban ha 12 may bay My. 925 Fighter Regiment shoots down 12 American aircrafts. Trung Doan Tiem Kich 927 "Lam Son" ban ha 60 may bay My. 927 Fighter Regiment "Lam Son" shoots down 60 American aircrafts. Trung Doan 910 "Julius Fucik" ban ha 4 may bay My. 910 Training Regiment "Julius Fucik" shoots down 1 American aircraft. Tong cong 320 may bay My All together 320 American aircrafts. source: Nha Xuat Ban Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam / Phi Cong Tiem Kich