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List of equipment of the Vietnam People's Air Force

Summary

Since the Vietnam War, most Vietnamese aircraft were supplied by the Soviet Union and later Russia, while hundreds of others were left by the United States via South Vietnam. Most of these are no longer in service either due to the unavailability of parts or the age of the aircraft.

Flag of the Vietnamese Air Defence - Air Force

Aircraft edit

Current edit

 
Mil Mi-8 of the Vietnam People's Air Force
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
Sukhoi Su-22 Soviet Union fighter-bomber Su-22UM3K/M4 32[1] 1 unit crashed in 2024[2]
Sukhoi Su-27 Russia fighter Su-27SK 6[3]
Su-27UBK 5 UBKs provide conversion training
Sukhoi Su-30 Russia multirole Su-30MK2V 35[3]
Maritime Patrol
PZL M28 Poland maritime patrol M28B-1R[3] 1[1] Inactive.
Transport
CASA C-295 Spain transport C-295M 3[1]
CASA C-212 Indonesia transport NC212i 3[1]
Helicopters
Mil Mi-8 Russia utility Mi-8/-17[3] 87[1]
Trainers
Yakovlev Yak-52 Russia trainer aircraft IaK-52[4] 36[5]
Beechcraft T-6 Texan II United States trainer aircraft T-6C[5] 12 on order[6][7]
Aero L-39 Czechoslovakia jet trainer L-39C 24[1]
Czech Republic L-39NG ? (12) An unidentified number out of the 12 has been delivered as of early 2024[8]
Yakovlev Yak-130 Russia LIFT Yak-130 12[9]

Munitions edit

Name Origin Type Notes
Air-to-air missile
K-13 (AA-2)   Soviet Union air-to-air missile 2,550 missiles (1000 R-3S, 800 R-3R, 750 R-13M)[10]
R-60 (AA-8)   Soviet Union air-to-air missile 400 missiles[10]
R-73 (AA-11)   Russia air-to-air missile 375 short range missiles[10]
R-27 (AA-10)   Russia air-to-air missile 320 missile[11][12]
RVV-AE (AA-12)   Russia air-to-air missile Unknown number[13]
Air-to-surface missile
Kh-29 (AS-14)   Russia anti-surface missile 100 missiles[10]
Kh-31 (AS-17)   Russia anti-surface missile 100 missiles[10]
Kh-59 (AS-13)   Russia anti-surface missile 200 missiles[10]

Air defence edit

Name Origin Type In service Notes
Surface-to-air missile
S-300PMU1   Russia SAM system 12 launchers[14] Two systems were acquired.
SPYDER-MR   Israel SAM system 30 launchers Five systems (including 6 launchers each) and 750 missiles ordered[15]
S-125M/-2TM/-VT   Soviet Union SAM system Unknown Indigenously developed S-125-VT modernization.
S-75M3   Soviet Union SAM system Unknown
Igla/Igla-S   Soviet Union /   Russia MANPADS Unknown Locally assemble Igla/Igla-S missiles[16]
9K35 Strela-10   Soviet Union SAM system Unknown tracked short-range surface-to-air missile system
9K32 Strela-2   Soviet Union MANPADS Unknown
Anti-air artillery
61-K 37 mm   Soviet Union Autocannon Unknown
S-60 AZP 57 mm   Soviet Union Autocannon Unknown
ZU-23-2   Soviet Union Twin Autocannon Unknown
ZSU-23-4   Soviet Union Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun Unknown

Former edit

 
A VPAF MiG-21
Aircraft Type Variants Origin Quantity Notes
Fighter aircraft
Shenyang J-5 Fighter   China 10 The Vietnamese Air Force used J-5s alongside the Soviet supplied MiG-17s for interception missions until the 1990s when they were retired, along with the remaining MiG-19s, being replaced with newer MiG-21s and Su-27s.
Shenyang J-6 30
MiG-17 Fresco MiG-17A/P/PF   Soviet Union 367
MiG-19 Farmer ~45
MiG-21 Fishbed MiG-21bis/UM/bison/PF/PFM/MF/F-13/UM 645 Retired from service in November 2015.[17] Replaced with Su-22.
Northrop F-5 F-5A, F-5E   United States 191 Captured during Vietnam War.
Cessna A-37 Dragonfly Light ground-attack A-37A
A-37B 		254 Captured during Vietnam War.
Cargo/transport aircraft
Antonov An -2 Transport   Soviet Union
Antonov An-26 48
Beriev Be-12 6 [18]
Lockheed C-130 Hercules   United States 34 Captured during Vietnam War.
Fairchild C-119 Captured during Vietnam War.
Training aircraft
MiG-15 Fagot Trainer   Soviet Union 60
Aero L-29 Trainer   Czechoslovakia
Helicopters
Mi-4 Transport   Soviet Union
Mi-6 Hook Mil Mi-6 26
CH-47 Chinook CH-47A   United States unknown Captured during Vietnam War.
UH-1 Iroquois Utility

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f "World Air Forces 2024". Flight Global. Flightglobal Insight. 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Military aircraft crashes in Quảng Nam Province, pilot safely escapes".
  3. ^ a b c d "Peace Research Institute". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 2017. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. ^ Nguyễn, Đức Tiến. "Máy bay huấn luyện IaK-52". Air Defence - Air Force Newspaper. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b Doãn Tuấn (25 March 2023). "Chủ tịch Quốc hội thăm chiến sỹ thi công Sân bay quân sự Phan Thiết | Chính trị | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)". VietnamPlus (in Vietnamese). Vietnam News Agency. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  6. ^ ONLINE, TUOI TRE (9 December 2022). "Mỹ sắp chuyển cho Việt Nam 12 máy bay T-6". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  7. ^ "T-6Cs are Vietnam-bound | Shephard". www.shephardmedia.com. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  8. ^ Kadidal, Akhi; Narayanan, Prasobh. "Singapore Airshow 2024: Aero set to complete VPAF L-39NG deliveries". Janes.com. Janes Information Services. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  9. ^ Karnozov, Vladimir. "Vietnam Places Order for Yak-130 Trainers". Aviation International News. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d e f Trade Registers. Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved on 29 May 2015
  11. ^ danviet.vn (14 March 2018). "Vietnamese Army with 100km-range infrared-homing missiles". danviet.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  12. ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (2020). "Chapter Six: Asia". The Military Balance. 120 (1): 255. doi:10.1080/04597222.2020.1707967. S2CID 219627149.
  13. ^ "Vietnam equipped RVV-AE to Su-30MK2". soha.vn. 20 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Russian missiles to guard skies over Vietnam". atimes.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  15. ^ "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Ấn tượng tên lửa phòng không vác vai Việt Nam sản xuất". Vietnam Daily | Tin tức Việt Nam Daily, cập nhật mới nóng 24/7. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  17. ^ "KQND Việt Nam chuẩn bị vĩnh biệt tiêm kích MiG-21". Nguyễn Tấn Dũng. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  18. ^ "Đông Nam Á tăng cường năng lực cảnh báo, chống ngầm" (in Vietnamese). Báo Đất Việt. 22 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

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