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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.
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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| 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-30MK2 | 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] | ||
| Name | Origin | Type | Notes |
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| 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] |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||||
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