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Nguyễn Văn Cốc (born 1943) is a former North Vietnamese MiG-21 fighter ace of the Vietnamese People's Air Force's (also known as the North Vietnamese Air Force) 921st Fighter Regiment. == Biography == Nguyễn was born in the Viet Yen district of the province of Bac Giang in French Indochina, north of Hanoi. When he was 5 years old, his father, Nguyen Van Bay (Chairman of the Viet Minh in the district) and his uncle (also a member of the Viet Minh), were killed by the French. Fearing further trouble with the French, his mother relocated the family, which led to him spending the rest of his childhood near Chu air base, which kindled an interest in aircraft. He attended Ngo Si Lien school in Bac Giang〔Davies, page 48.〕 and upon completion of his schooling, enlisted in the ''Quan Chung Khong Quan'' (Vietnamese People's Air Force, VPAF) in 1961 and underwent his initial training at Cat Bi Airbase in Haiphong. Nguyễn subsequently spent four years undergoing pilot training in the Soviet Union at the Bataysk and Krasnodar Soviet Air Force bases. Of the 120 trainees dispatched in Nguyễn's draft to the Soviet Union, he was one of seven who graduated as a MiG-17 pilot. After a brief spell back in North Vietnam serving with the 921st ''Sao Do'' (Red Star) Fighter Regiment, he returned to the Soviet Union and underwent conversion training to the MiG-21 in a two-seat Mig-21U, before returning to the 921st Fighter Regiment in June 1965.〔 He began operational flying in December 1965.〔 On 2 January 1967,〔(VPAF Ejections during the SEA conflict to the present in chronological order ), Retrieved 2 December 2009.〕 he was among a group of pilots who fell into the trap set up by the United States Air Forces 8th Tactical Fighter Wing. Nguyễn and four other Vietnamese pilots were shot down. All ejected safely. Flying a MIG-21PF, Nguyễn normally served as a wingman. He scored all his victories using the heat-seeking R-3S Atoll missile. In 1969, Nguyễn was awarded a ''Huy Hiệu'' medal for each of his nine claimed kills. The end of Operation Rolling Thunder on 31 October 1968 removed him from the opportunity for further air combat. In that year, Nguyễn was transferred from operational duties so that his valuable combat experience could be put to use in training new pilots. Among the pilots he trained was Nguyen Duc Soat. After the war, Nguyễn remained with the Vietnamese National Air Force, retiring with the rank of Chief Inspector in 2002 after declining health.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nguyễn Văn Cốc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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