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Highlights

• Meet up with Mr Nguyen Hong My and get guided through Vietnam’s war history by a pilot who famously brought down the first US fighter jet in 1972.
• Visit Huu Tiep Lake and the downed B52 as well the Air Force Museum to see a collection of artifacts that relate the history of the Vietnamese air force and portray many important milestones in the American war.

War Insights of Hanoi with a Veteran

Whether a history buff or simply curious, a visit to some of Hanoi’s historic war sites is an absolute must to gain an insight into events that had a major impact on millions of lives.
Meet up with Mr Nguyen Hong My, a North Vietnam pilot who famously brought down the first US fighter jet in 1972. He was quite a legend of his time, yet now leads a quiet and modest life despite his triumphal flight.
Visit the Air Force Museum to see a collection of artifacts that relate the history of the Vietnamese air force and portray many important milestones in the American War.
At Huu Tiep Lake photograph the iconic half submerged wreck of a B52 that crashed into the lake in the 1972 Christmas air raids. On the far side of Truc Bach Lake see the McCain Monument which marks the place where United States politician John McCain’s aircraft was shot down, and from where he was seized as a prisoner of war to North Vietnam.