At the meeting, which took place in an atmosphere of solidarity and friendship, Colonel Pham Cong Huong, Commanding Officer of Regiment 916, briefed the guests on the unit’s glorious tradition, functions, and duties.
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The two sides at the meeting |
The regiment was founded on December 19, 1975 to meet the requirement of Fatherland construction and protection in the new period. The unit surmounted difficulties in infrastructure, organization, personnel, and materiel on the first days of its establishment to complete all assignments with the spirit of self-reliance, activeness, and creativeness.
Especially in late October 1984, the regiment was tasked to help Cambodian people escape from the Pol Pot genocidal regime and join hands with former Soviet experts to train first helicopter pilots for Cambodia.
Since 2013, it has trained seven Cambodian pilots with some of them having become key pilots of the Cambodian helicopter force. With its achievements, the regiment has been awarded with numerous local titles, awards, and presented with Angkor Order of Cambodia. In recent years, promoting its tradition, the regiment has outstandingly completed their duties, contributing to firmly safeguard the air, national sovereignty over sea and islands.
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Cambodian and Vietnamese young air officers pose for a joint photo. |
During the exchange, Cambodian and Vietnamese young officers shared experience in training, unit-building, and performance of mass mobilization work.
Delivering a speech at the event, Colonel Meas Sokreak Smey emphasized the solidarity and close-knit ties between the air forces of the two countries. He said that the Cambodian delegation’s visit would help consolidate and further develop the flourishing traditional friendship, cooperation, mutual support between the two units, militaries, and peoples of Vietnam and Cambodia.
Translated by Mai Huong