South Viet Nam Air Force - VNAF - Equipment |
|
| SYSTEMS | Inventory | Comments: |
|---|
| Aircraft
| Source
| IOC
| #
| 1955
| 1960
| 1965
| 1970
| 1975
|
| All types |
|
|
2750 |
| Attack
| 501
| **
| **
| **
| **
| **
|
|
| A-37 Dragonfly |
USA |
1972 |
90 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 90
|
|
| A-37 Dragonfly |
USA |
1970-2 |
104 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 104
|
|
| A-37 Dragonfly |
USA |
1969 |
60 |
-
| -
| -
| 60
| 35
|
|
| B-57B Night Intruder |
USA |
1966 |
4 |
-
| -
| -
| 4
| **
|
|
| A-1 Skyraider |
USA |
1972-3 |
79 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 69
|
|
| A-1E/A-1H Skyraider |
USA |
1961-2 |
150 |
-
| -
| 150
| **
| **
|
|
| B-26K Invader |
USA |
1964 |
6 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| -
|
not delivered |
| B-26 Invader |
USA |
1961 |
4 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| -
|
not delivered |
| Fletcher FD-25 |
Japan |
1954 |
4 |
4
| **
| **
| **
| **
|
|
| Special Mission
| 36
| **
| **
| **
| **
| **
|
|
| AC-119K Stinger |
USA |
1972 |
20 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 20
|
aka C-119K |
| AC-119G Shadow |
USA |
1970 |
16 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 16
|
|
| Fighter
| 290
| **
| **
| **
| **
| **
|
|
| F-5E Tiger II |
USA |
1972 |
126 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 87
|
# see footnote |
| F-5 Freedom Fighter |
ROK & ROC |
1972 |
70 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| -
|
on loan |
| F-5 Freedom Fighter |
Iran |
1972 |
30 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| -
|
on loan |
| F-5 Freedom Fighter |
USA |
1972 |
20 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 20
|
|
| F-5B Freedom Fighter |
USA |
1967 |
2 |
-
| -
| -
| 2
| 2
|
|
| F-5A Freedom Fighter |
USA |
1967 |
17 |
-
| -
| -
| 17
| 12
|
|
| F8F Bearcat |
France |
1954-6 |
25 |
25
| **
| **
| -
| -
|
|
| Observation
| 279
| **
| **
| **
| **
| **
|
|
| U-17 |
USA |
19 |
85 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 84
|
|
| O-2 |
USA |
19 |
35 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 32
|
|
| O-1 Birddog |
USA |
19 |
151 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 150
|
35 transferred back to the USAF |
| O-1 Birddog |
USA |
1966-7 |
48 |
-
| -
| -
| 48
| 38
|
|
| O-1 Birddog |
USA |
1964-5 |
40 |
-
| -
| 40
| -
| -
|
|
| L-19A Birddog |
USA |
1954 |
20 |
20
| **
| **
| -
| -
|
redesignated O-1A |
| Reconnaissance
| 5
| **
| **
| **
| **
| **
|
|
| EC-47 Dakota |
USA |
1972 |
5 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 5
|
|
| Transport
| 253
| **
| **
| **
| **
| **
|
|
| C-130A Hercules |
USA |
1972 |
32 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 32
|
|
| C-123K Provider |
USA |
1970-71 |
48 |
-
| -
| -
| 48
| -
|
All transferred back to the USAF |
| C-119G Flying Boxcar |
USA |
1968 |
16+14 |
-
| -
| -
| 16
| 20
|
8 transferred back to the USAF |
| DC-6 |
USA |
1966 |
1 |
-
| -
| -
| 1
| 1
|
Air Force One |
| C-7 Caribou |
Canada |
19 |
51 |
-
| -
| **
| **
| 51
|
|
| C-7 Caribou |
Canada |
1961-2 |
5 |
-
| -
| 5
| 4
| 3
|
|
| U-6 Beaver |
USA |
1964-5 |
7 |
-
| -
| 7
| 7
| 7
|
|
| U-6 Beaver |
Canada |
1958-9 |
2 |
-
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
|
| C-47 Dakota |
USA |
1965-7 |
25 |
-
| -
| -
| 25
| 25
|
|
| C-47 Dakota |
USA |
1962-3 |
20 |
-
| -
| 20
| 20
| 20
|
|
| C-47 Dakota |
USA |
1956 |
16 |
-
| 16
| 16
| 16
| 16
|
|
| C-47 Dakota |
France |
1954 |
16 |
16
| **
| **
| **
| 6
| |
| Training
| 185
| **
| **
| **
| **
| **
|
|
| T-37 |
USA |
197 |
24 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 24
|
|
| Pazmany PL-2 |
USA |
1971 |
1 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 1
|
|
| T-41 (Cessna 185) |
USA |
1962-3 |
25 |
-
| -
| 25
| **
| 24
|
|
| T-28 Trojan |
USA |
1960-2 |
70 |
-
| 35
| 70
| **
| **
|
|
| T-6 Harvard |
USA |
1954-6 |
55 |
55
| **
| **
| **
| **
|
|
| Beech 18 |
USA |
1954 |
10 |
10
| **
| **
| **
| **
|
|
| Helicopter
| 1076
| -
| **
| **
| **
| **
|
|
| CH-47A Chinook |
USA |
1972 |
20 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 20
|
|
| CH-47A Chinook |
USA |
1971-2 |
30 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 30
|
|
| CH-47A Chinook |
USA |
1970 |
20 |
-
| -
| -
| 20
| 15
|
|
| H-34 Choctaw |
USA |
1962-4 |
80 |
-
| -
| 80
| **
| -
|
|
| UH-1H Huey |
USA |
1972 |
549 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 500
|
|
| UH-1H Huey |
USA |
1971 |
200 |
-
| -
| -
| -
| 170
|
|
| UH-1H Huey |
USA |
1969-70 |
150 |
-
| -
| -
| **
| 120
|
|
| UH-1 Huey |
USA |
1961 |
15 |
-
| -
| **
| **
| -
|
|
| Bell 47G (H-13) |
USA |
1960 |
2 |
-
| 2
| **
| **
| -
|
|
| H-19 Chickasaw |
USA |
1962 |
5 |
-
| -
| **
| **
| -
|
|
| H-19 Chickasaw |
USA |
1958 |
5 |
-
| 5
| **
| **
| -
|
|
| # 87 delivered of 126 on order, including 28 F-5F two-seaters |
