What was the supply situation of the Vietnamese air force after 1973?

After the signing of the Paris Agreement, everything was restricted, especially gasoline and oil. But the maximum restriction was between mid-1974 and the day when Vietnam collapsed. Ah... each airplane which took off had to have the special permission of the High Command, even in a very critical situation. But ordinarily, the request was denied.

The reason being?

The reason was shortage of fuel.

What about the training program?

As for the training program, at that time the Vietnamese air force still had to carry out the training program. But there was not enough fuel to train the candidates. At that time I was a training instructor and I had to resort to the technique of using operational sorties to train. This was something which was strictly forbidden by the American air force. But at that time we had no choice and so we had to do this.

During the evacuation in 1975 where were you and what were you doing?

At that time I was in Tan Son Nhut. My rank at the time was that of a commanding officer, a training officer, a planning officer and a program officer. And I received the order that only allowed my family to be evacuated to Con Son, saying that we were to remain there for three days. And we had to stay behind to fight until the end. And I stayed behind to fight until the day President Minh announced the surrender.

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