65 years ago, in response to the requirements of the resistance war against the US to save the country, on March 21, 1958, the Ministry of National Defense , the Commander-in-Chief issued Decree No. 047, establishing the Air Defense Command and 2 anti-aircraft support regiments with the codes 260 and 290. On March 1, 1959 in Gia Lam district ( Hanoi ), the ceremony to announce the Decision to establish Radar Regiment 290 was solemnly held.
The unit was assigned to manage the airspace from Thanh Hoa to Da Nang . The Ma River became the battle line and from then on the Regiment was named the Ma River Regiment. At exactly 0:00 on July 10, 1960, all the unit's radar stations simultaneously broadcasted combat signals.
Lieutenant Colonel Dang Dinh Lieu, former Party Secretary and former Deputy Commander of Politics of Radar Regiment 290, recalled: "During the resistance war against the US to save the country, Radar Regiment 290 mobilized hundreds of forces and means to detect targets, ensuring that the Northern air defense force and the Air Defense Force of Military Region 4 shot down hundreds of aircraft of all types of the US imperialists."
Notably, Radar Company 12, Radar Regiment 290 was one of the first units to detect the B52 aircraft and notify Regiment 238 to shoot down the US Air Force aircraft. The regiment not only successfully completed the task of securing the radar in the Combined Arms formation, but also used anti-aircraft machine guns and infantry guns to attack enemy aircraft to protect equipment, directly shooting down 8 enemy aircraft.
Most of the enemy's flight paths from Thailand through Laos and from the 7th Fleet in the East Sea to our country were detected by the radar stations of the 290th Radar Regiment, promptly alerting them to the combat level, contributing to the victories of Khe Sanh, Route 9 - Southern Laos, the Plain of Jars - Xieng Khouang, especially the historic Ho Chi Minh campaign that completely liberated the South and reunified the country.
With their outstanding achievements, Radar Regiment 290, Radar Station 12 and comrade Vu Ngoc Dieu were awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces by the Party and State along with many other noble awards.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Hai Ha, Party Secretary and Political Commissar of Radar Regiment 290, promoting the heroic tradition, in recent years, the Party Committee of Radar Regiment 290 has always excellently completed its tasks, the Regiment has achieved the title of "Determined to Win Unit", "Excellent Training Unit", "Exemplary, exemplary" comprehensive strong unit...
In celebration of the 65th anniversary of the Traditional Day, recently, agencies and units in the Regiment have organized many exciting emulation activities, with practical tasks, such as: Building works serving training, combat readiness, renewing the lighting system; building and consolidating the unit's environmental landscape system...
News and photos: NGUYEN HONG SANG
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