Warm follow-up! Chinese Air Force went to Havana to visit Cuban pilot

CCTV News2025-03-02

"How much does it cost to get a flight from Havana to Beijing?"

Do you still remember the Cuban grandfather who touched countless Chinese netizens?

The warmth is coming!

February 28

Chinese Air Force representatives went to Havana

Seeing Cuban practitioners who had trained in China

Chinese Air Force went to Havana

Seeing Cuban grandpa who netizens followed

February 28

Chinese Air Force representatives went to Havana, Cuba

Seeing Alberdo, a retired Cuban pilot whom he used to learn to fly to China

15 comrades in the army

Not long ago

A netizen met an old Cuban man

The old man said that he was a pilot who went to China to study

He also showed his certificate to netizens

Before parting, the old man held the netizen's hand tightly

asked with red eyes: "How much does a flight ticket from Havana to Beijing cost?"

The deep friendship of the elderly for China

moved countless netizens

Many netizens left messages and forwarded them and provided clues

Start up a communication relay for warming millions of netizens

Soon, the Chinese Air Force responded positively through its official account

"Please believe that the Chinese Air Force will not forget its old friends

We firmly believe that the friendship across time and space will eventually continue"

and check the historical materials of the Air Force Archives

Contact these former teachers of Cuban students. They also went to Shanxi, Chongqing and other places to gain an in-depth understanding of the training situation that year

It is understood that the relevant group photos, letters and historical materials have been permanently collected by the Air Force Archives

The instructor invited Cuban comrades to China to see the latest aircraft

The 1960s

>The 12th Aviation School of the People's Liberation Army of China

Be responsible for training pilots and ground crews for Cuba

Faced with difficulties such as language barrier

All the teachers of the school

Carefully formulate training outlines and compile external training materials

Vigorously use teaching aids and models to assist teaching

Strictly control quality during flight

Ensure that students understand the theory thoroughly and practice technology

△Part of some Cuban flight students who studied in China that year took photos

Instructors and students ate, worked, and entertainment

Share revolutionary stories and sang red songs together

Forge deep friendship

In more than a year

After returning home, they quickly became the backbone of the Cuban air force

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After this group of students graduated and returned to China

continue their friendship through various means

A student sent postcards twice

To the teacher Miao Zhenlong

One of them said

"We are far apart

However, this is not enough to make me forget you"

Another students sent letters to the aviation school

Expressing their longing for the aviation school and the teachers

Looking forward to meeting again

The teachers of that year Guan Huaizhong, Ma Chunhe

Wei Zhaocong, Miao Zhenlong, Zhou Shengjing and others

They also specially recorded video greetings

Comrades far away in Cuba

"Our Cuban friends and students who took flight

We miss you very much for so many years"

They also sent out invitations

"Welcome to China for fun"

"Look at our latest aircraft in China

Look at our changes in China"

The Chinese Air Force also specially prepared calligraphy works for Cuban students

and commemorative photo frames for main combat equipment

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Historical Cuban ambassador to Cuba said: "Everyone got together

Achievement of reunion with special significance

Together continue writing the unbreakable comradeship in the friendship between teachers and students across half a century

The unbreakable comradeship in the army

The long-lasting comradeship in Cuba"

The Cuban elderly who have come to China for training miss China

The Chinese Air Force went to Havana to visit the old Cuban grandfather

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