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Major Vang Sue (Su, Seu) (also transliterated as Vaj Xwm) (January 1945 – October 1974) was a Laotian Hmong fighter pilot. Recipient of the USAF Distinguished Flying Cross. He flew over 4,000 combat missions as a T-28 bomber pilot. Vang trained briefly with Hmong fighter ace Lee Lue before Lee was shot down and became General Vang Pao's preeminent pilot after Lee's death. He frequently flew on 15 days consecutively, and often as much as 15 sorties in a day. Renowned for his daring and bombing accuracy, Vang was shot down by anti-aircraft guns and killed in October 1974.

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  • Vang Sue
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  • Major Vang Sue (Su, Seu) (also transliterated as Vaj Xwm) (January 1945 – October 1974) was a Laotian Hmong fighter pilot. Recipient of the USAF Distinguished Flying Cross. He flew over 4,000 combat missions as a T-28 bomber pilot. Vang trained briefly with Hmong fighter ace Lee Lue before Lee was shot down and became General Vang Pao's preeminent pilot after Lee's death. He frequently flew on 15 days consecutively, and often as much as 15 sorties in a day. Renowned for his daring and bombing accuracy, Vang was shot down by anti-aircraft guns and killed in October 1974.
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  • Special Unit based at LS-20A, Long Tieng, Laos
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serviceyears
  • 1965(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • January 1945
Commands
  • T-28 fighter bomber squadron
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death place
  • Laos
Name
  • Vang Seu
Caption
  • Major Vang Seu
Birth Place
  • Xieng Khouang, Laos
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  • *
death date
  • October 1974 KIA
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Allegiance
  • Kingdom of Laos
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  • *
abstract
  • Major Vang Sue (Su, Seu) (also transliterated as Vaj Xwm) (January 1945 – October 1974) was a Laotian Hmong fighter pilot. Recipient of the USAF Distinguished Flying Cross. He flew over 4,000 combat missions as a T-28 bomber pilot. Vang trained briefly with Hmong fighter ace Lee Lue before Lee was shot down and became General Vang Pao's preeminent pilot after Lee's death. He frequently flew on 15 days consecutively, and often as much as 15 sorties in a day. Renowned for his daring and bombing accuracy, Vang was shot down by anti-aircraft guns and killed in October 1974.
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