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Trần Hanh
Lieutenant General Trần Hanh (born November 29, 1932) is a pilot of the Vietnam People's Air Force and later Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, Trần Hanh was a MIG-17 pilot and officer of the 921st Regiment, he shot down a F-105D in April 1965. After the war he became the Deputy Chief of the General Staff and later Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam before retired in 2000.
Early life.
Trần Hanh, realname is Trần Huy Hanh, was
of the 23rd Company of 680th Battalion, 48th Regiment, 320th Division in February 1954 and afterwards deputy political commissar of the 680th Battalion in June 1954.
In September 1956, Trần Hanh was chosen to study to fly the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 in a school of People's Liberation Army Air Force in China. After four years studying, Trần Hanh became commander ("đại đội trưởng") of the newly found 2nd Company of the Vietnam People's Air Force. In August 1964, Trần Hanh was appointed commander of