No aircraft flew in combat; the predecessor units were anti-aircraft gunners, notably Regiment 367 (formed 1 April 1953).

The service counts its lineage from before it had any aircraft. An air research bureau was set up on 9 March 1949, but in the war against France the fight in the air was waged from the ground. Anti-aircraft Regiment 367, founded on 1 April 1953, is the oldest unit the service names in its own history. At Điện Biên Phủ in 1954 the Việt Minh brought up anti-aircraft guns, mainly of Soviet origin, which cut the valley off from French air supply. The standard account of the battle puts French losses at 62 aircraft destroyed and 167 damaged. That experience — of an air defence built from guns before the country had an air force — shaped the combined service created in 1963.

结果 The French garrison surrendered on 7 May 1954; the Geneva agreements followed.

The 62/167 figures are from Wikipedia’s account of the battle; the service’s own 2025 article does not give numbers for the war against France.

为……飞行

Việt Minh anti-aircraft artillery (predecessor)

在哪里

Northern Vietnam; Điện Biên Phủ

旁边

没有盟军空军

反对

法国

出击

—The Việt Minh had no combat aircraft.

损失

At Điện Biên Phủ (13 March – 7 May 1954) the French lost 62 aircraft and had 167 damaged, according to the standard account of the battle; Vietnamese losses to air attack were not broken down in the sources checked.

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Intercepted US strike packages with MiG-17s and, from 1966, MiG-21s, alongside the guns and SA-2 missiles of the air defence divisions.

The air force went to war with a few dozen MiG-17s. On 3 April 1965, over the Thanh Hóa bridge, Phạm Ngọc Lan and Phan Văn Túc claimed two F-8 Crusaders; the US Navy says all returned, though Lt Cdr Spence Thomas’s aircraft was written off after diverting to Đà Nẵng. On 4 April MiG-17s shot down two F-105s, but the defenders lost three pilots. MiG-21s followed in April 1966. The Americans fought back with tactics as much as numbers: on 2 January 1967 Colonel Robin Olds’s Operation Bolo sent F-4s disguised as F-105s; the US claims seven MiG-21s, Vietnamese sources admit five, and there were no US losses. Hanoi’s pilots learned to strike fast from below and behind and leave; the leading ace, Nguyễn Văn Cốc, scored his first claim on 30 April 1967 and ended with nine aircraft and two drones claimed, seven aircraft and two drones acknowledged by the USAF. Wikipedia records that from May to December 1966 the US lost 47 aircraft in air battles while destroying 12 fighters, a figure that shows how contested the middle years were.

结果 The bombing ended on 1–2 November 1968 without forcing Hanoi to negotiate on US terms.

Kill ratios are disputed. The US claims an overall 3.7:1 advantage in the war and about 2:1 for the Air Force; Vietnam claims 244 for 85 in this period. Neither side’s totals match the other’s loss records.

为……飞行

Vietnam People’s Air Force and Air Defence Service (combined service)

在哪里

North Vietnam

旁边

Soviet Union (equipment, training) and China (equipment, training)

反对

美国

飞机

米格-17, 米格-21, 米格-15UTI

出击

—Vietnamese figures: 268 air battles between April 1965 and November 1968 (Wikipedia).

损失

85 aircraftVietnam’s own figure, as given by Wikipedia: 85 MiGs lost in April 1965 – November 1968, against 244 US and RVNAF aircraft claimed. The US lost 506 USAF, 397 Navy and 19 Marine aircraft over the North to all causes in Rolling Thunder; Vietnamese sources attribute 9 per cent of US losses to MiGs, 31 per cent to SA-2s and 60 per cent to guns.

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Attacked the US TSQ-81 radar site with An-2 biplanes dropping mortar shells and firing rockets.

On 12 January 1968 the air force tried something no other jet-age air arm has done: it sent Antonov An-2 biplanes to bomb a mountain-top radar. Lima Site 85, on Phù Pha Thi in Laos, guided US bombers onto the North. According to the US accounts summarised by Wikipedia, four An-2s were seen and two attacked, dropping 120 mm mortar shells through holes in the floor and firing 57 mm rockets. One was brought down by ground fire; an Air America UH-1 flown by Captain Ted Moore chased the other, and flight mechanic Glenn Woods fired an AK-47 at it until it hit a ridge. The radar was not hit. Two months later North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao ground troops took the site, in the USAF’s largest single ground combat loss of the war.

结果 The radar survived the air raid; the site fell to a ground assault on 10–11 March 1968, with 12 Americans killed.

The account of the air raid is the US one; the Vietnamese account was not checked.

为……飞行

Vietnam People’s Air Force

在哪里

Phù Pha Thi, north-eastern Laos

旁边

没有盟军空军

反对

United States and Kingdom of Laos

飞机

An-2

出击

2Four An-2s were seen; two pressed the attack (US account).

损失

2架飞机US account: both attacking An-2s were lost, one to ground fire and one after an Air America UH-1 crew fired on it with an AK-47. Four Hmong were killed or wounded; the radar was not damaged.

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Intercepted the renewed US bombing campaign with MiG-21s, MiG-19s and MiG-17s.

Linebacker, from 9 May to 23 October 1972, brought the heaviest air fighting of the war. On 10 May the US flew 414 sorties; the VPAF claims seven F-4s, the US confirms five losses and claims 11 MiGs. That day the US Navy’s Randy Cunningham and William Driscoll became the first American aces of the war; the USAF’s Steve Ritchie followed on 28 August, and Charles DeBellevue and Jeffrey Feinstein in October. Two days earlier, on 8 May, Regiment 925’s MiG-19s from Yên Bái had fought their first battle; the service’s newspaper says two flights of four claimed two F-4s in about eight minutes and all returned. Sixteen Vietnamese pilots are counted as aces, 13 of them on MiG-21s, but many of their claims have no match in US loss records.

结果 Linebacker ended on 23 October 1972 as the peace talks advanced; they broke down again in December.

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Claims do not match. The service claims 90 aircraft for 47 MiGs over the period; US records show fewer air-to-air losses. The claim of two F-4s on 8 May 1972 is the Vietnamese account and was not checked against US records.

为……飞行

Vietnam People’s Air Force

在哪里

North Vietnam

旁边

没有盟军空军

反对

美国

飞机

米格-21, J-6 (MiG-19), 米格-17

出击

—The US flew 414 sorties on 10 May 1972 alone.

损失

47 aircraftWikipedia’s figures: the VPAF lost 47 MiGs in air combat (26 MiG-21, 5 MiG-19, 16 MiG-17) and claimed 90 US aircraft. The US lost 134 aircraft in Linebacker, 104 in combat. On 10 May the VPAF claimed seven F-4s and the US confirmed five lost; the US claimed 11 MiGs that day.

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Defended Hanoi and Hải Phòng against B-52 night raids with SA-2 missiles, guns and a small number of MiG-21 night sorties.

From 18 to 29 December 1972 the US sent B-52s against Hanoi and Hải Phòng night after night — 741 dispatched, 729 completing their missions — with 1,274 tactical sorties in support. The air defence divisions fired 266 SA-2s, according to Wikipedia. The service claims 81 aircraft for the campaign, including 34 B-52s and five F-111s, and in October 2025 credited itself with 53 of them, 32 B-52s. US figures are 15 B-52s shot down and 24 aircraft of all types lost. Vietnam credits two B-52s to MiG-21 pilots: Phạm Tuân on the night of 27 December and Vũ Xuân Thiều, who was killed, on 28 December, flying from the newly repaired strip at Cẩm Thuỷ. US records attribute both losses to missiles. Hanoi reported 1,624 civilians killed.

结果 The Paris Peace Accords were signed on 27 January 1973.

Every loss figure for Linebacker II is contested; the 81/34 figures are Vietnam’s, the 15 B-52s the US’s. The two MiG B-52 claims are Vietnamese; the US attributes those losses to SAMs.

为……飞行

Air Defence – Air Force Service

在哪里

Hanoi and Hải Phòng

旁边

没有盟军空军

反对

美国

飞机

米格-21, SA-2 (S-75)

出击

31Wikipedia counts 31 VPAF sorties in the 12 days.

损失

3架飞机Wikipedia gives three MiG-21s lost; US B-52 gunners claimed two MiG-21s, which Vietnam does not confirm. US figures: 15 B-52s shot down and 24 aircraft lost in all; Hanoi claims 81 aircraft including 34 B-52s and 5 F-111s, 53 of them (32 B-52s) by the service itself.

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Captured and pressed into service RVNAF aircraft; five captured A-37s bombed Tân Sơn Nhất air base on 28 April 1975.

The Republic of Vietnam Air Force had 2,075 aircraft and 61,417 personnel at the January 1973 ceasefire and was has been called the fourth-largest air force in the world. In spring 1975 it collapsed with the army: 130 aircraft were flown out of Đà Nẵng on 27 March and about 180 abandoned. The northern air force took over what it could. On 28 April five captured A-37s took off from Phan Rang, led according to Wikipedia by Nguyễn Thành Trung, the South Vietnamese pilot who had defected after bombing the Presidential Palace on 8 April. They struck Tân Sơn Nhất late in the afternoon, closing the airport and ending the fixed-wing evacuation; Operation Frequent Wind followed. About 877 aircraft were captured in all, including 95 A-37s and, per Wikipedia, 87 F-5As and 27 F-5Es.

结果 Saigon fell on 30 April 1975. About 877 RVNAF aircraft were captured.

Damage claims for the Tân Sơn Nhất raid differ widely between the Vietnamese and US accounts.

为……飞行

Vietnam People’s Air Force

在哪里

South Vietnam; Saigon

旁边

没有盟军空军

反对

Republic of Vietnam

飞机

A-37 (captured)

出击

5Five A-37s in the 28 April raid, taking off from Phan Rang.

损失

Vietnamese claim: 24 aircraft destroyed and about 200 South Vietnamese personnel killed at Tân Sơn Nhất. US sources: three AC-119s and several C-47s destroyed, casualties not stated.

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Bombed Khmer Rouge positions from June 1978, then supported the invasion from 25 December 1978 and the ten-year occupation with ground attack, transport and reconnaissance.

In 1977 Vietnam was estimated to have an air force of 12,000 people and about 300 combat aircraft, including a squadron of light bombers. From June 1978 it bombed Khmer Rouge positions along the border at about 30 sorties a day, and on 25 December 1978 Vietnam invaded with an estimated 150,000 troops. The ground-attack work fell mostly to the former RVNAF A-37s and F-5s, which were better suited to it than the MiGs; Wikipedia says the VPAF used 41 F-5s operationally. The war dragged on as a counter-insurgency against the Khmer Rouge until Vietnam withdrew in September 1989. The A-37s wore out for lack of spare parts and, according to Wikipedia, were phased out by the early 1980s.

结果 Vietnam completed its withdrawal between 21 and 26 September 1989.

No reliable figure for Vietnamese aircraft losses in Cambodia was found.

为……飞行

Vietnam People’s Air Force

在哪里

Cambodia and the border provinces

旁边

People’s Republic of Kampuchea (from 1979)

反对

Democratic Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge)

飞机

A-37 (captured), F-5 (captured), 米格-21, UH-1 (captured)

出击

—About 30 bombing sorties a day from June 1978 (Wikipedia).

损失

Aircraft losses not found in the sources checked. Vietnam gives 15,000 soldiers killed and 30,000 wounded over the whole occupation.

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Did not fly direct combat; supported ground troops, flew troops from Cambodia to the north and flew reconnaissance.

China attacked across the northern border on 17 February 1979. According to Wikipedia, Deng Xiaoping kept the navy and air force out of the fighting, partly because Vietnam’s air defences were among the strongest in the world and partly to reassure Moscow that the war was limited. The Vietnamese air force likewise stayed out of direct combat: it supported the ground troops, carried units back from Cambodia to the north and flew reconnaissance. The captured A-37s were used in the conflict. The fighting ended with China’s withdrawal in March.

结果 China withdrew by 16 March 1979; both sides claimed victory.

Casualty figures are each side’s own and differ widely; they concern the ground war.

为……飞行

Vietnam People’s Air Force

在哪里

Northern border provinces

旁边

没有盟军空军

反对

China

飞机

米格-21, 米格-17, F-5 (captured), A-37 (captured), UH-1 (captured)

出击

—No sortie figures found.

损失

No air-to-air combat recorded. Ground losses are disputed: Chinese figures give 6,954–8,531 Chinese dead, Western estimates up to 26,000; China estimated 57,000 Vietnamese soldiers and 70,000 militia killed; Vietnam reported more than 10,000 civilian deaths.

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No air role recorded in the sources checked; the clash was fought between ships and landing parties.

On 14 March 1988 Chinese and Vietnamese forces clashed at Johnson South Reef. The accounts differ: China says Vietnamese troops ignored warnings and opened fire; Vietnam says Chinese ships opened fire on its ships while its men were unloading building materials. Vietnam lost 64 men and two transports. The clash is included here because it shaped Vietnam’s later air and maritime priorities, but the sources checked record no part for the air force in it. The Spratly Islands are claimed in whole or in part by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.

结果 China took the reef; both countries, and other claimants, still claim the Spratlys.

Each side says the other fired first; this page takes no position on the sovereignty dispute.

为……飞行

Vietnam People’s Navy (no air force role recorded)

在哪里

Johnson South Reef, Spratly Islands

旁边

没有盟军空军

反对

China

出击

—No air sorties recorded.

损失

64 killedVietnam: 64 killed, 11 wounded, 9 captured; transports HQ-604 and HQ-605 sunk and HQ-505 beached. China reports one wounded.

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