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    Vietnam: Phi Đoàn 522 Thần ưng (Condor)


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    Dear Gentlemen,

     

    One of the patch of the "Phi Đoàn 522 Thần ưng / 522nd Squadron Condor" of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF/ Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa, KLVNCH) first F-5 squadron

     

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    Phi đoàn 522 Thần Ưng, Phi đoàn F-5 đầu tiên của Không Quân VNCH – Trần Lý – Bến cũ (wordpress.com)

     

    Sài Gòn Xưa - Phi đoàn F-5 đầu tiên của Không Quân VNCH và... | Facebook

     

    Not to be confused with the USAF 522nd Special Operations Squadron.

     

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    Dear Gentlemen,

     

    Three nice pictures of Madame Mai Ky, Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky's wife, adorned with the patch of the Phi Đoàn 522 Thần ưng :

     

    Đặng Tuyết Mai - Wikipedia

     

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    -credit Bettmann / gettyimages:

     

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    - credit: PLEIKU 1967 - Mai Ky, Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky's wife - Wire Photo | Battle dress, Nice dresses, Well dressed women (pinterest.jp)

     

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    Interesting thread.  I've rotated her picture so that the caption is easier to read.  There are many pictures of her on line but I could not find any information about what happened to her after North Vietnam took control of South Vietnam.  Do you know?

    Regards,

    Gordon

     

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    Dear Gordon Craig,

     

    Her biography can be found under her maiden name Đặng Tuyết Mai, Đặng Tuyết Mai - Wikipedia:

     

    During the Fall of Saigon, her husband had made arrangements for her and their children to be evacuated, while he fled by helicopter during Operation Frequent Wind, landing aboard the USS Blue Ridge. Reunited, they went into exile in the United States, settling in California. She participated in some overseas art programs such as Asia Center and from ASIA 40 to ASIA 49, as a presenter. She later divorced Ky and moved back to Vietnam, where she managed the restaurant Phở Ta, which was located at District 3, Ho Chi Minh City.

    On 21 December 2016, she died at 5:00 a.m. at Hoag Hospital, Newport BeachCalifornia. She was 75 years old. She is buried at the Westminster Memorial Park in Westminster, California.

     

    Yours sincerely,

    No one

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