On the same day, given that the Vietnamese delegation was about to depart for negotiations at the Paris Conference (France), the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army required the Air Defense - Air Force Service to continue to reinforce their fighting determination as well as resolutely and courageously fight against the enemy to put the U.S. under pressure at the negotiating table.

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Vu Xuan Thieu Primary School organizes a program to mark the "Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu in the air" victory.

In the morning, the U.S. mobilized 131 sorties of tactical aircraft to attack the battlefields of the Air Defense - Air Force Service in the inner city and the suburbs of Hanoi. At night, the enemy sent around 60 sorties of B-52s to raid Dong Anh, Da Phuc (now Soc Son), Duong Bridge, Yen Vien, and Gia Lam.

Pilot Vu Xuan Thieu received an order to fly a MiG-21 to take off from Cam Thuy airport (Thanh Hoa province) to Son La province. After detecting a B-52, he approached and shot down it in a close distance. Unfortunately, pilot Vu Xuan Thieu sacrificed his life.

On the whole day of December 28, the Vietnamese troops and people in the North shot down three U.S. aircraft, including two B-52s.

Translated by Quynh Oanh