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No. 5066, 927th Fighter Regiment, Noi Bai AB, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, February 1972
On February 3rd, 1972 Major General Tran Qui Hai ordered to establish the 927th Fighter Regiment at the Noi Bai base (currently Hanoi International
Airport). The squadron was equipped with MiG-21PFMs and the commander of the unit was Nguyen Hong Nhi. His task was cooperation with their sister
921th Fighter Regiment conducting the operational flights north of 20th parallel. The pilots of the 927th Fighter Regiment currently fly Sukhoi Su-30MK2
taking off from Kép base. The MiG-21PFMs were also used for night flying and for the reasons of better camouflage; the plane with a number code 5066, was
repainted on all of its surfaces by green color (handpainted).
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