the U.S. Navy was ambushed in the region of the Thanh Hóa Bridge, a lifeline bridge that supplied military forces in the south. Training and command After injuring his spine, Lan returned home when his superiors withdrew him from combat duty, and he was given the task of guiding and training young pilots and was promoted to lieutenant. In April 1967, Lan was promoted to Regiment Captain and was appointed deputy of Air Force Regiment 921. In 1969, he was appointed Chairman of the Engineering Command of the Air Defence Air Force. In January 1973, he was sent for further study at the Air Force Academy, Gagarin, in the Soviet Union. After returning home in March 1974, he was appointed Head of Work Staff Training Air Force Air Defence and Air Force, and promoted to Major. From 1975, he held the following positions: May 1977, Deputy Chief of Staff Air Force strains August 1977, studying at the Military Political Academy July 1978, Deputy Chief of Staff Air Force strains (2nd) August 1978, Deputy Division 371 Air Division April 1979, Division Chief Division 370 Air Force establishment July 1981, Chairman of the strains Air Force guidance November 1982, entitled Department Training School, Army Air Force strains December 1985, Director General of Military Training School Air Force strains June 1994, Deputy Director of Combat Training the General Staff Lan was promoted to the rank of Major General in June 1992. Retirement and death Lan retired in August 1999, and died on June 14, 2019, aged 84. Awards Third Military Medal Medal win (against France), First Class Medal-class struggle against the U.S. Achievement Medal (First Class, Second, Third) Soldiers Medal glorious (ranked first, second, Ba) Military Medal winning public decisions A coat of arms of Uncle Ho (for pilots shot down American aircraft) Coat 40 year Party Hero of the People's Armed Forces Notes External links Secrets of the first U.S. aircraft shot down heroic Vietnam Air Force - Lesson 1: MIG 17 sorties VNAF Major General Pham Ngoc Lan andcallsthe spectacular landing with the fuselage Major General Pham Ngoc Lan pilots involved bombed Tan Son Nhat International Airport "not ashamed of a minute, which has second life " statistics of the first air combat game www.acig.org 1934 births North Vietnamese military personnel of the Vietnam War Vietnamese generals People from Quảng Nam province 2019 deaths