Not long ago, Guangxi pilot Wang Jiandong piloted a fighter plane for training, and not long after taking off, he was suddenly hit by a bird, and then the engine completely stopped, and the fighter completely lost power. On the morning of the 8th, at the commendation meeting, Wang Jiandong accepted the first-class meritorious service medal and the gold medal of honor for meritorious flight personnel of the Air Force at the commendation meeting.
In early September this year, a certain brigade of the Southern Theater Air Force Aviation Corps organized daytime flights, and Wang Jiandong piloted a fighter plane to carry out a subject confrontation exercise. When the fighter took off and rose to an altitude of 272.7 meters, it suddenly encountered a low-altitude bird strike and the engine stopped in the air.
"635 is going to return, No. 1, 635 hit the bird", "Check the engine is working?" "Engine shutdown alarm", "turn right turn right, on the opposite side of the no-man's land", "635 to skydive, 635 to skydive". In the case of low flight altitude, short disposal time, and sharp changes in the state of the aircraft, Wang Jiandong put his personal life and death aside, calmly controlled the fighter, 22 control actions with zero mistakes, and changed course three times in 37 seconds to avoid the underwing residential areas, until the limit parachute jump at an altitude of 75.9 meters, which minimized the loss.
At 8:30 a.m. on the morning of the 8th, a certain brigade of the Air Force Aviation Corps of the Southern Theater solemnly held a meeting to award Comrade Wang Jiandong's first-class meritorious service award. At the meeting, the general order of commendation of the Air Force and the "Decision of the Party Committee of the Armed Forces on Deeply Carrying Out the Activity of Learning from Comrade Wang Jiandong" were read out on the spot, and Comrade Wang Jiandong was awarded the First Class Meritorious Service Medal and the Gold Medal of Honor for The Meritorious Flyer of the Air Force.
Wang Jiandong's wife, Chen Tingting
I personally feel very proud to be his wife, the wife of a pilot, to award him the first class merit of the troops. I will continue to do his "wingman". It's also a good education for our children.
A pilot of a certain brigade of the Air Force Aviation Corps Qu Yongjun
As a comrade-in-arms of Wang Jiandong, I feel extremely proud and excited to participate in this awarding meeting. Comrade Wang Jiandong's honor is also the honor of our pilots.
The reporter learned that at present, Wang Jiandong has recovered, and the next two months of restorative training will be launched, and the troops have formulated a detailed training plan according to Wang Jiandong's physical and technical conditions, including physical coordination training, strength training, study of aeronautical knowledge, simulator exercises, and other contents, to help Wang Jiandong fly the fighter back to the blue sky at an early date.
Wang Jiandong, commander of a flight squadron of a certain brigade of the Air Force Aviation Corps
This time the organization gave me such a high honor, I feel the supreme honor and pride. This is not only my personal honor, but also the result of our collective efforts. In my future work, I must take this honor as an opportunity, turn honor into motivation, work harder, and strive to return to the blue sky at an early date.
Reporters | Deng Xiaoming, Wang Guangchen, Peng Cheng, Deng Xiang, Qin Mian, Liu Wennan