Command Bunker of the 361st Air Defense Division

Located at No. 3 Le Van Luong, Trung Hoa, Cau Giay, now in Thanh Xuan Ward, Hanoi (next to the Le Van Luong – Lang Ha overpass).

This was the workplace and combat command post of the 361st Air Defense Division (Air Defense - Air Force Service) during the resistance war against the United States for national salvation, especially in the "Dien Bien Phu in the Air" campaign in December 1972 to protect Hanoi's sky.

The structure has been ranked by the State as a National Historical Relic, marking the glorious feats of the people's air defense force.
The bunker still preserves historical values in the heart of the city and is a red address for educating revolutionary tradition.

On May 19, 1965, the Hanoi Air Defense Group, now the 361st Air Defense Division, was established. Immediately afterward, the Hanoi Administrative Committee issued a decision to allocate land to build the Division's main headquarters, with the code name K1, on an area of 850m2. In early 1966, the K1 main command bunker was completed and put into use.

The headquarters of the 361st Air Defense Division was the operations and combat command center of the Division. From this headquarters, the 361st Air Defense Division coordinated with the capital's armed forces and brother arms to defeat enemy air raids and protect Hanoi. This was also where officers and soldiers of the 361st Air Defense Division engaged in fierce contests of intellect with the technical and tactical tricks of the US air force. Therefore, in 3 years (from 1966 to 1968), the Division's forces shot down 159 enemy aircraft; in coordination with other units, they shot down another 323.

Also at the K1 main headquarters, the Party Committee of the 361st Air Defense Division issued a specialized resolution on fighting B-52 aircraft. On September 21, 1972, the plan to fight B-52 aircraft and protect Hanoi of the 361st Air Defense Division was approved at the K1 main headquarters.

During the 12-day-and-night campaign against the US strategic air raid on Hanoi, Hai Phong, and major provinces and cities in the northern rear, at the headquarters of the 361st Air Defense Division, the streamlined combat command duty crew was ready for combat day and night, supporting command, and together with forces of the Air Defense - Air Force Service, the army and people of the capital and localities, crushed the US imperialist strategic B-52 raid, creating the resounding victory "Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu in the Air".

Currently, the command bunker of the 361st Air Defense Division remains in its original state at No. 3 Le Van Luong Street, Thanh Xuan Ward, Hanoi. In the coming time, the 361st Air Defense Division and the Air Defense - Air Force Museum will continue to coordinate with the relic management board to consolidate and restore it, so that the command bunker of the 361st Air Defense Division increasingly deserves its historical stature; at the same time, it will become an attractive visiting address for the capital's people and people nationwide and a place for tradition education for today's younger generation.