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No. 5014, 921th Fighter Regiment, Noi Bai AB, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, March 1968
On February 3rd, 1964 Lieutenant General Hoang Van Thai ordered to establish 921th Fighter Regiment. The unit was equipped with MiG-17s, which were
presented to the Vietnam by Soviet government. The pilots underwent the training in the Soviet Union and China. Later, the MiG-17s were complemented
by MiG-21s, which, in the end, completely replaced the MiG-17s and were used, in different versions, by 921th Fighter Regiment until 2011. Currently the
pilots of this unit fly fighter-bomber aircraft Su-22M-3/4, their home base is Phúc Yên airport.
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