The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations in collaboration with the Military Hospital 175 and the Air Defence - Air Force Service on November 2 launched a training course on air medical transportation for the level-2 field hospital No.3.
Visitors to the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai will have opportunities to take an exhilarating ride on paragliders to enjoy spectacular views as the Northern Aviation Club and the Air Defence-Air Force Service are planning to open two new paragliding destinations in Mu Cang Chai district.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc inspected the combat readiness work of Division 372 under the Air Defence – Air Force Service on February 4, or the last day of the Year of the Dog.
Two P-3C aircraft of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force led by Lieutenant Colonel Kurishita Akihico began their two-day visit to Ho Chi Minh City on January 28.
Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defence Minister Phan Van Giang hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 7 for Chief of the Staff of the Japan Air Self-Defence Force General Yoshinari Marumo.
The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee held its 28th session from July 24-26, focusing on violations of regulations committed by several units and individuals.
Two pilots were killed when a military aircraft of the Air Defence-Air Force Service went down in Nghia Dan district of central Nghe An province around noon of July 26.
USAID and the Air Defence – Air Force Service under the Vietnamese Defence Ministry signed an agreement on non-refundable aid for a project on dioxin remediation in the Bien Hoa airport in Hanoi on May 11.
Pham Duc Trung, the pilot killed in a military aircraft crash during a training session on August 26, has been posthumously honoured with the Fatherland Protection Order (first class).
The military aircraft crash during a training session in the central province of Phu Yen, on August 26 morning was caused by engine failure, according to the Ministry of Defence.
President Tran Dai Quang asked the Air Defence – Air Force Service to continue promoting its role in intensifying national defence and safeguarding the country while visiting the unit on August 19.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has offered sympathies to relatives of the officers and soldiers who went missing in the recent accidents of a jet fighter and a rescue aircraft.
Major Nguyen Huu Cuong, a pilot on the military aircraft that went missing during a training session off the coast of the central province of Nghe An, was saved at 5 am of June 15.
A command post was set up at the military command of Cua Lo township, in the central province of Nghe An, to coordinate the search for a military aircraft that went missing early on June 14.
The waters off the coast of the central province of Nghe An are being searched to look for a military aircraft that went missing during a training session on early June 14.
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