page_title: Pham Quang Khiem
section_title: Saigon Lady
hierarchical_section_title: Pham Quang Khiem / Saigon Lady
caption_attribution_description: English: Khiem Pham and his Family Reunited With Saigon Lady after 10 years at Selfridge AFB
context_page_description: Pham Quang Khiem was a first lieutenant and co-pilot in the South Vietnam Air Force during the Vietnam War. Khiem was a cargo pilot with the 53rd Tactical Wing of the 5th Air Division stationed at Tan Son Nhut. He flew several missions into communists gained Pleiku in hopes to rescue VNAF personnel. On 3 April 1975, Khiem organized a plan to steal a C-130a and gather 53 people to rescue them from the communist North Vietnamese. Later, Khiem became a pilot for Piedmont Airlines until 2006.
context_section_description: On April 19, 1985, Khiem and his family visited Selfridge AFB to see the plane that brought his family freedom after ten years.
  Saigon Lady was transferred to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on January 30, 1989, where it has been for over 28 years, until it was transferred to the National Warplane Museum in 2019 for restoration and preparation for public display.
caption: Khiem Pham and his Family Reunited With Saigon Lady after 10 years.
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