Nguyễn Đức Soát Explained

Nguyễn Đức Soát
Birth Date:24 June 1946
Birth Place:Phú Xuyên, Hanoi, French Indochina
Branch: Vietnam People's Air Force
Serviceyears:1964 - present
Rank:Lieutenant General
Commands:Deputy Chief of Staff of the Vietnam People's Army
Battles:Vietnam War
Awards:Hero of the People's Military Forces

Nguyễn Đức Soát (born June 24, 1946) was a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 pilot of the Vietnamese People's Air Force, he flew with the 921st fighter regiment (later the 927th FR) and tied for fourth place amongst Vietnam War fighter aces with at least six kills.[1]

The following are at least six kills acknowledged and credited to him by the VPAF:[2] [3] [4]

He is now a lieutenant general and is the deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Army of Vietnam,[5] and is deputy chairman of the National Committee for Search and Rescue.[6]

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  1. Gordon, Yefim MiG-21, Midland Publishing 2008.
  2. http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_245.shtml Vietnamese Air-to-Air Victories, Part 1
  3. http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_246.shtml Vietnamese Air-to-Air Victories, Part 2
  4. Toperczer, 2015, pp. 201.
  5. Web site: - Home Page .
  6. http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/showarticle.php?num=02SOC230506