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Major General Mai Văn Cường (born 1941) is a former North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 pilot and flying ace, who he flew with the 921st fighter regiment and tied for second place amongst Vietnam War fighter aces with eight kills.[1]

20-year-old Mai Van Cuong began training as a MiG-17 pilot in the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1964, advancing to the MiG-21 from 1965 to 1966, and has acquired a unique distinction of being the 'top drone-killing pilot of the Vietnam War', achieving no less than six kills over US Ryan 147 Firebee/Lightning Bug drone; his victory-claims list including the kills officially acknowledged by the VPAF is as follows:[2]

• 8 October 1966, USAF F-105 Thunderchief, US-side does not confirm;
• 28 April 1967, USAF F-105D Thunderchief, pilot Caras (KIA);
• 16 May 1967, Firebee/Lightning Bug UAV drone;
• 30 September 1967, USAF F-105 Thunderchief, US-side does not confirm;
• 7 October 1967, F-4 Phantom II, damaged;
• 19 June 1968, Firebee/Lightning Bug UAV drone;
• 3 September 1968, Firebee/Lightning Bug UAV drone;
• 20 September 1968, Firebee/Lightning Bug UAV drone;
• 9 February 1969, Firebee/Lightning Bug UAV drone;
• 24 June 1969, Firebee/Lightning Bug UAV drone.

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• List of Vietnam War flying aces
• Weapons of the Vietnam War

References

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1. ^ Gordon, Yefim MiG-21, Midland Publishing 2008. ISBN 978-1-85780-257-3
2. ^ Toperczer, 2015, pp. 67, 145.

Bibliography

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• Toperczer, Istvan (2015). MiG Aces of the Vietnam War. USA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7643-4895-2.

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