Nguyễn Đăng Kính Explained

Nguyễn Đăng Kính (born 1941 in Nam Định Province) was a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 pilot of the Vietnamese People's Air Force who flew with the 921st Fighter Regiment from 1965-1972, becoming a deputy commander of the newly established 927th FR from 1972-75, and tied for fourth place amongst Vietnam War fighter aces with six kills.^{[1] [2]}

The following list of victories include the kills credited to him by the VPAF:^{[3] [4] [5]}

• 21 July 1966, a USAF Firebee/Lightning Bug unmanned aerial vehicle drone;
• 05 December 1966, USAF F-105D Thunderchief (pilot Begley, KIA);
• 8 November 1967, an American F-4 Phantom II (pilot Gordon, WSO Brenneman);
• 19 November 1967, a USAF EB-66 (shared kill with Vũ Ngọc Đỉnh);
• 3 January 1968, a USAF F-105D (pilot Bean);
• 14 January 1968, a USAF EB-66C (pilots Mercer and Terrell + 5) (shared kill with Dong Van Song);
• 3 March 1968, a USAF EB-66 (shared kill with a pilot named "Thanh");^[6]
• 21 September 1968, a USAF Firebee/Lightning Bug UAV drone;
• 26 October 1968, an F-4 Phantom II (US-side does not confirm).

See also

• List of Vietnam War flying aces
• Weapons of the Vietnam War

References

1. Gordon, Yefim MiG-21, Midland Publishing 2008.
2. Web site: Hành Thiện - "Địa linh" sinh "nhân kiệt". Báo Nam Định. 2019-01-03. 2017-01-31.
3. http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_245.shtml Vietnamese Air-to-Air Victories, Part 1
4. http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_246.shtml Vietnamese Air-to-Air Victories, Part 2
5. Toperczer, 2015, pp. 99, 196.
6. http://mysite.verizon.net/anneled/usloss.html US Losses in the Vietnam War

Bibliography

• Book: Toperczer, Istvan. MiG-21 Units of the Vietnam War. 2001. Osprey Publishing. Oxford. 1-84176-263-6.
• Book: Toperczer, Istvan. MiG Aces of the Vietnam War. 2015. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.. USA. 978-0-7643-4895-2.