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Vietnam People's Army |
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Ministry of National Defence |
Command |
General Staff |
Services |
Ranks and history |
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.
To decrease its dependence on Russian weapons as the nation moves towards modernisation, Vietnam has begun to explore the purchase of American and European aircraft, especially due to its conflict in the South China Sea with its former Communist ally China.[1][2]
Aircraft
Current
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Combat Aircraft | ||||||
Sukhoi Su-22 | Soviet Union | fighter-bomber | 34[3] | |||
Sukhoi Su-27 | Russia | fighter | Su-27SK/UBK | 11[4] | 5 UBK’s used for training. | |
Sukhoi Su-30 | Russia | multirole | Su-30MK2 | 35[4] | ||
Maritime Patrol | ||||||
PZL M28 | Poland | maritime patrol | M28B-1R[4] | 1[3] | ||
Transport | ||||||
CASA C-295 | Spain | transport | C-295M[5] | 3[3] | ||
PTDI C-212 | Indonesia | transport | NC212i | 3[3] | ||
Helicopters | ||||||
Mil Mi-8 | Russia | utility | Mi-8MT/17[4] | 87[3] | ||
Kamov Ka-27 | Russia | utility | Ka-32 | 2[3] | ||
Trainers | ||||||
T-6 Texan | USA | Trainer craft | 0 | 3 on order [6]. | ||
Aero L-39 | Czech Republic | jet trainer | L-39C | 25 | 12 L-39NG’s on order[3]. | |
Yakovlev Yak-52 | Russia | Two-seat trainer | 36 | 1 lost during training in 2019. [7] | ||
Yakovlev Yak-130 | Russia | LIFT | Yak-130 | 8 | 4 on order.[8][9][better source needed] |
Munitions
Name | Origin | Type | Notes |
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Air-to-air missile | |||
K-13 (AA-2) | Soviet Union | air-to-air missile | 2,300 missiles of which 750 were the AA-2C’s.[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
Name | Origin | Type | In service | Notes | ||
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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 | ||||||
ZSU-23-4 | Soviet Union | Mobile anti-aircraft | Unknown | |||
ZSU-57-2 | Soviet Union | Mobile anti-aircraft | Unknown |
Former
Aircraft | Type | Variants | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
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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 | USA | 191 | Captured during Vietnam War. | |
Cessna A-37 Dragonfly | Light ground-attack | A-37A A-37B |
254 | Captured during Vietnam War. | |
Cargo/transport aircraft | |||||
Lockheed C-130 Hercules | Transport | USA | 34 | Captured during Vietnam War. | |
Fairchild C-119 | USA | Captured during Vietnam War. | |||
Beriev Be-12 | Soviet Union | 43 | [18] | ||
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 | Soviet Union | 26 | ||
CH-47 Chinook | CH-47A | USA | unknown | Captured during Vietnam War. |
See also
References
- ^ Siva Govindasamy; Ho Binh Minh; Martin Petty; Greg Torode; Andrea Shalal; Dean Yates (5 June 2015). "Exclusive: Vietnam eyes Western warplanes, patrol aircraft to counter China". Reuters. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Robert Farley (16 January 2016). "A Coming Shift in Vietnamese Military Aviation?". The Diplomat. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "World Air Forces 2022". Flightglobal Insight. 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Discover Vietnamese motor transport C-295M". scienceinfo.net. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ VnExpress. "US to sell trainer aircraft to Vietnam - VnExpress International". VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Tìm hiểu về máy bay huấn luyện Yak-52 gặp nạn ở Khánh Hòa".
- ^ "Vietnam receives first batch of 6 Yak-130 armed jet trainers from Russia". Asia Pacific Defense Journal. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Viet+ Offensive (14 February 2022). "VPAF Yak-130 LIFTs". Facebook. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d e f Trade Registers. Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved on 29 May 2015
- ^ danviet.vn. "Vietnamese Army with 100km-range infrared-homing missiles". danviet.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (2020). "Chapter Six: Asia". The Military Balance. 120 (1): 255. doi:10.1080/04597222.2020.1707967. S2CID 219627149.
- ^ "Vietnam equipped RVV-AE to Su-30MK2". soha.vn.
- ^ "Russian missiles to guard skies over Vietnam". atimes.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "KQND Việt Nam chuẩn bị vĩnh biệt tiêm kích MiG-21". Nguyễn Tấn Dũng. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "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.