Mai Văn Cường
# Mai Văn Cường

Major General Mai Văn Cường (born 1941) was a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 pilot of the Vietnam People's Air Force, he flew with the 921st fighter regiment and tied for second place amongst Vietnam War fighter aces with eight kills.

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:

* 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.
