This coming April 30 signifies the 45th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon in Vietnam. With this in mind, the author took the opportunity to meet former South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) pilot Maj Trinh Tranh Chau and hear his account. Boyhood dreams A former operations officer with the VNAF's 542nd Fighter Squadron (FS) at Bien Hoa Air Base, 16 miles (25km) from Saigon, Maj Chau had a distinguished flying career. In fact, he even gained notoriety in the pages of Northrop's 1974 F-5 marketing brochure after notching up 2,000 hours on the type.
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机译：即将到来的4月30日标志着越南西贡沦陷45周年。考虑到这一点，撰文人借此机会与前越南南方空军（VNAF）飞行员Maj Trinh Tranh Chau会面，并听了他的陈述。少年时代的梦想麦加洲的一名前作战官员是位于边和空军基地的VNAF第542战斗机中队（FS），距西贡16英里（25公里）。事实上，他甚至在诺斯罗普（Norrop）1974年的F-5营销手册上花了2,000个小时的时间后就臭名昭著。
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