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 |
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