Assigned to carry out economic tasks combined with national defense, over the past 40 years (March 11, 1985 / March 11, 2025), Southern Helicopter Company (Army Corps 18) has always completed assigned tasks well, affirming its position and reputation as a domestic and international helicopter service provider.

From a unit with modest human resources and equipment, mainly mobilized from units of the Air Defense - Air Force, up to now, the Southern Helicopter Company has built a team of pilots, engineers, technical staff, and managers in specialized fields with expertise and foreign languages, meeting the requirements and tasks of international integration; has a modern fleet of aircraft of many types, such as: AW-189, EC-225, Super Puma-L2, EC-155B1, Mi-172, Mi-171V...

Up to now, the Company has provided helicopter services to more than 20 domestic and foreign oil companies, with more than 336,000 safe flight hours; the Company's revenue, profit, capital and assets have increased hundreds of times. Along with the good performance of production and business tasks, the Company has successfully completed military and defense tasks, such as: Closely combining commercial flights with observation flights, affirming the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland; strictly maintaining the order and regime of combat readiness, A2 duty, search and rescue; regularly ensuring good forces, aircraft, technical equipment, ready to receive and complete well the assigned sudden military tasks...

On the occasion of the Southern Helicopter Company's 40th anniversary and receiving the First Class Independence Medal, the People's Army Newspaper sends readers some photos reflecting the Company's activities:

Southern Helicopter Company's aircraft formation.

The company always focuses on flight training, as a basis for performing well assigned tasks. In the photo: Flight crew training on crane flying.
Sea rescue flight training.
Mi helicopter crew training for firefighting flights.
The company has provided firefighting flight services to Indonesia, which has been highly appreciated by the Indonesian side.
A medical ambulance flight took a patient from Truong Sa island district (Khanh Hoa) to Military Hospital 175 for treatment.
The company always closely combines commercial flights with observation flights, affirming the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland. In the photo: A flight of the Company over Truong Sa archipelago (Khanh Hoa).
Flight for oil and gas exploration and exploitation.
A commercial flight of the Company.
Thanks to the importance of technical work, up to now, the Company has completely mastered the technology, ensuring good quantity and quality of aircraft for missions.

HOANG XUAN and collaborators (performed)