Philippine authorities announced on July 6 that they had found a black box of an Air Force plane that crashed on Jolo island in Sulu province two days ago, killing more than 50 people.
The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam, on behalf of the Japanese Government, Ministry of Defence and relevant agencies, expressed gratitude to Vietnam for its assistance in repairing and refueling a P-3C plane from the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force in the past two months.
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.
Thailand and the US will launch the joint drill Cobra Gold 2018, the biggest annual multilateral exercise in Asia-Pacific, from February 13 to 23 next year, announced the Royal Thai Armed Forces on October 19.
The Malaysian Air Force on June 15 announced that two pilots of the missing military aircraft Hawk 108 have died after falling into a swamp in a forest.
President Tran Dai Quang and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 8 extended condolences to President of Myanmar Htin Kyaw over a military aircraft crash on June 7.
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.
Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on June 29 extended a message of condolences to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc over the SU 30MK2 and CASA 212 military aircraft accidents.
The Prime Minister has decided to grant 10 martyrs who died during the SU 30MK2 and CASA 212 aircraft accidents certificates recognising their contributions to the nation.
An incident in the cockpit of the SU30-MK2 forced the two pilots to parachute, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Senior Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan said.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has requested all-out efforts to search for and rescue those missing in the Su30 MK2 and Casa 212 military aircraft accidents.
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.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent a dispatch asking for increased efforts to search for a military aircraft which went missing early on June 14 over the waters off central Nghe An province.
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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