August 20, 2017 | 11:46 (GMT+7)
General Staff inspects preparations for coming competition
PANO – Lieutenant General Pham Hong Huong, on August 18, led a working mission of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army to inspect preparations of Regiment 923 under Division 371 of the Air Defense – Air Force Service for a competition for pilots from air force units.
Lieutenant General Pham Hong Huong working with the unit's representatives.
During the inspection, the delegation was briefed on the unit’s preparations for the competition on practicing bombing and firing ground targets at Nhu Xuan fire range. According to the unit’s representative, under the instruction of leaders of the Air Defense – Air Force Service, participating units have applied some important measures to ensure the success of the coming event. At present, flying sorties are ready to practice bombing and strafing targets, while technical, logistics and signals teams are closely working together to serve the exercise.
Praising the regiment’s initial preparations, General Huong, who is a Deputy Chief of the General Staff, asked the unit to continue the preparation to make the exercise a success, while ensuring good health for participating troops.
Translated by Tran Hoai