![]() First loss: A-1E 52-132465 (1st Air Commando Squadron, 34th Tactical Group ) shot down during night training mission on 29 August 1964 near Bien Hoa, SVN (Capt Richard Dean Goss KIA, 1 VNAF observer KIA) : 10.: 268 USAF fixed-wing Downed USAF Douglas A-1E, pilot was later awarded the Medal of Honor The USAF sustained approximately 0.4 losses per 1,000 sorties during the conflict, which compared favorably with a 2.0 rate in Korea and a 9.7 figure during World War II. 2,197 of the losses were fixed-wing, and the remainder rotary-wing. Air Force flew 5.25 million sorties over South Vietnam, North Vietnam, northern and southern Laos, and Cambodia, losing 2,251 aircraft: 1,737 to hostile action, and 514 in accidents. United States aircraft Captured American-made RVNAF warplanes in Saigon's War Remnants Museum United States Air Force Īll told, the U.S. North Vietnam lost 150 – 170 aircraft and helicopters. The United States, along with their allies (The Republic of Vietnam, South Korean, Australian, Thailand, New Zealand), lost about 12,500 aircraft, helicopters and UAVs. ![]() 877 Republic of Vietnam aircraft were captured at war's end (1975) Of the 2750 aircraft and helicopters received by South Vietnam, only about 308 survived (240 flew to Thailand or US warships and 68 returned to the United States ). The Republic of Vietnam lost 1,018 aircraft and helicopters from January 1964 to September 1973. In total, the United States military lost in Vietnam almost 10,000 aircraft, helicopters and UAVs (3,744 planes, 5,607 helicopters and 578 UAVs ). ![]() The U.S records show 5,607 helicopter losses. There were about 11,846 U.S helicopters that served in the Vietnam War. The United States lost 578 Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) (554 over Vietnam and 24 over China). Among fixed-wing aircraft, more F-4 Phantoms were lost than any other type in service with any nation. The Royal Australian Air Force also flew combat and airlift missions in South Vietnam, as did the Republic of Vietnam. ![]() combat losses in all areas of Southeast Asia were to AAA. ![]() aircraft were lost to antiaircraft artillery (AAA), surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), and fighter interceptors ( MiG)s. Burning American aircraft at Bien Hoa Air Base in 1965ĭuring the Vietnam War, thousands of U.S. ![]()
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