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South Viet Nam Air Force - VNAF - Aircraft Deliveries

Aircraft deliveries to the VNAF (source: Air Force History Office)

Published 30 Sep 1969

Aircraft type:	Number delivered:	Losses:	Comments:	Loss ratio:
A-1 Skyraider	242	183	Includes A-1Es, A-1Gs, A-1Hs, and A-1Js	75.6%
A-37 Dragonfly	55	1		1.8%
F-5A Freedom Fighter	23	5		21.7%
F-5B Freedom Fighter	2	none
H-34 Choctaw	193	163		84.5%
UH-1H Huey	85	none
O-1A Birddog	177	97		54.8%
U-6A Beaver	15	6		40%
U-17A	82	15		18.3%
C-47D Dakota	61	20		32.8%
AC-47D Spooky	19	4		21.1%
RC-47	3	none
EC-47	1	none
C-119G Flying Boxcar	19	1		5.3%
All types together	977	495		50.7%

Aircraft deliveries to the VNAF (source: Journal of Military Assistance)

Published 31 March 1972

Aircraft type:	Number delivered:	Losses:	Comments:	Loss ratio:
A-1 Skyraider	289	217	Includes A-1Es, A-1Gs, A-1Hs, and A-1Js	75.08%
A-37 Dragonfly	118	10		0.85%
F-5A Freedom Fighter	29	9		31%
F-5B Freedom Fighter	2	none
RF-5A Freedom Fighter	6	1		16.7%
UH-1H Huey	765	142		18.6%
CH-34C Choctaw	94	92		97.9%
UH-34D Seahorse	56	52		92.9%
UH-34G Seahorse	81	64		79%
CH-47A Chinook	26	1		3.8%
O-1A Birddog	146	107		73.3%
O-1E Birddog	55	16		29.1%
O-1G Birddog	211	17		8.1%
U-6A Beaver	17	7		41.2%
U-17A	68	36		52.9%
U-17B	26	6		23.1%
C-47D Dakota	64	42
RC-47D	3	none
EC-47D	2	none
VC-47D	6	none	VIP transports
AC-47D Spooky	22	7		31.8%
C123K Provider	51	3		5.9%
T-41D Mescalero	22	1		4.5%
C-7A Caribou	22	none
AC-119G Shadow	24	none
C-119G Flying Boxcar	22	6		22.3%
All types together	2227	836		37.5%

Aircraft deliveries to the VNAF: Projects Enhance and Enhance Plus (source: MACV Official History)

23 October 1972 to 12 December 1972

Aircraft type:	Enhance:	Enhance Plus:	Project Totals:	Grand Totals:
A-37	2 Squadrons	3 Squadrons	90	249
AC-119K	1	-	22	-
C-119G	1	-	-	-
C-7A	1	-	-	-
C-130A	2 Squadrons	32	-	-
RC-47	12	-		-
EC-47	-	10	23	33
F-5A and B	5	2 Squadrons	118	153
F-5E	-	3 Squadrons	-	-
A-1	-	-	28	-
O-2A	-	-	35	-
T-37	-	-	24	-
UH-1	32	3 Squadrons	286
CH-47	2 Squadrons	-	-	23

Aircraft status of the VNAF on 30 September 1974 (source: Defence Attaché Office Saigon)

July - September 1974. Presumably only includes aircraft involved in Projects Enhance and Enhance Plus

Aircraft type:	Received by 28-Jan-'73:	Posessed:	Written off:	Other losses:	Comments:
A-1	79	69	10	7
A-37	248	229	19	8
(A)C-119G/K	66	56	2	9	8 transferred back to the USAF
C-130	32	32	-	-
O-1	239	188	16	48	35 transferred back to the USAF
O-2	35	32	3	1
T-37	24	24	-	-
U-6	10	9	1	-
U-17	85	84	1	1
C-123	19	-	-	-	All transferred back to the USAF
C-7	56	54	2	1
T-41	24	24	-	2
CH-47	70	65	5	1
UH-1	859	790	69	32
(R)F-5A/B/E	151	131	20	6
C-47	76	66	6	6	6 transferred back to the USAF
All types together	2073	1854	154	122

VNAF Aircraft losses from January 1973 to June 1974 (source: Defence Attaché Office Saigon)

Report generated April/June 1974

Aircraft type:	Lost to Anti Aircraft Artillery:	Lost to SA-7 Strella (shoulder-fired hand-held missile):
AC-47	1	-
RC-47	1	-
C-47	-	-
AC-119K	-	1
A-1	-	5
A-37	3	5
F-5	7	1
O-1	7	-
O-2	1	-
UH-1	46	3
CH-47	1	2
All types together	67	17

Aircraft deliveries to the VNAF (source: Arms Trade Registers, Stockholm International Peace Institute)

Published by MIT in 1975

Aircraft type:	Number delivered:	Country of origin:	Year delivered:	Comments:
L-19A Birddog	20	USA	1954	Later redesignated O-1A
C-47 Dakota	16	France	1954
Fletcher FD-25	4	Japan	1954
Beech 18	10	USA	1954
F8F Bearcat	25	France	1954 - 1956
T-6 Harvard	55	USA	1954 - 1956
C-47 Dakota	16	USA	1956
H-19 Chickasaw	5	USA	1958
U-6 Beaver	2	Canada	1958 - 1959
Bell 47G (H-13)	2	USA	1960
T-28 Trojan	70	USA	1960 - 1962
B-26 Invader	4	USA	1961	Known not to have been actually delivered
UH-1 Huey	15	USA	1961
A-1E/A-1H Skyraider	150	USA	1961 - 1962
C-7 Caribou	5	Canada	1961 - 1962
H-19 Chickasaw	5	USA	1962
C-47 Dakota	20	USA	1962 - 1963
Cessna 185 (T-41)	25	USA	1962 - 1963
H-34 Choctaw	80	USA	1962 - 1964
B-26K Invader	6	USA	1964	Known not to have been actually delivered
O-1 Birddog	40	USA	1964 - 1965
U-6 Beaver	7	USA	1964 - 1965
C-47 Dakota	25	USA	1965 - 1967
B-57B Night Intruder	4	USA	1966
DC-6	1	USA	1966
O-1 Birddog	48	USA	1966 - 1967
F-5A Freedom Fighter	17	USA	1967
F-5B Freedom Fighter	2	USA	1967
C-119G Flying Boxcar	16	USA	1968
A-37 Dragonfly	60	USA	1969
UH-1H Huey	150	USA	1969 - 1970
AC-119G Shadow	16	USA	1970
CH-47A Chinook	20	USA	1970
C-123K Provider	48	USA	1970 - 1971
A-37 Dragonfly	104	USA	1970 - 1972
UH-1H Huey	200	USA	1971
Pazmany PL-2	1	USA	1971
CH-47A Chinook	30	USA	1971 - 1972
A-1 Skyraider	20	USA	1972
F-5 Freedom Fighter	20	USA	1972
F-5 Freedom Fighter	30	Iran	1972	on loan
F-5 Freedom Fighter	70	Korea and Taiwan	1972	on loan
A-37 Dragonfly	90	USA	1972
UH-1H Huey	549	USA	1972
AC119K Stinger	20	USA	1972	Listed as C-119K
C-130A Hercules	32	USA	1972
EC-47 Dakota	5	USA	1972
CH-47A Chinook	20	USA	1972
F-5E Tiger II	126	USA	1972	Some delivered; most on order including 28 F-5F two-seaters
All types together	2331