Vietnam War Aircraft

Vietnam War Aircraft photo encyclopedia. Fighters, bombers, helicopters, Aircraft carriers.

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The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries. The Viet Cong (also known as the National Liberation Front, or NLF), a lightly armed South Vietnamese communist common front directed by the North, largely fought a guerrilla war against anti-communist forces in the region. The Vietnam People's Army (North Vietnamese Army) engaged in a more conventional war, at times committing large units into battle. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search and destroy operations, involving ground forces, artillery, and airstrikes.

Vietnam War Aircraft including:

Northrop F-5C Freedom Fighters refueling

Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A-4a-CV Corsair

Four McDonnell F-4C Phantom

McDonnell Douglas TA-4F Skyhawk

Boeing B-52F-65-BW Stratofortress

CH-53A Sea Stallion

USS Forrestal

Douglas A-1J Skyraider

Grumman A-6C Intruder

Bell UH-1E Huey

UC-123B Provider

UH-1D

Martin B-57B

Sikorsky HH-53E

Martin SP-5B Marlin

Vought A-7A Corsair

Douglas A-4E Skyhawk

Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King

North American F-100D-30-NA Super Sabre

Bristol Freighter

Fairchild C-123K Provider

CH-54 Skycrane

Grumman F9F-2 Panther

Douglas RB-66B-DL Destroyer

USS carrier USS Intrepid (CV-11) and an A-12 Blackbird

de Havilland Canada DHC-5

Douglas EF-10B Skyknight

Lockheed C-130A Hercules

Grumman E-1B Tracers

General Dynamics F-111As

Cessna 0-1E Bird Dog

Lockheed EC-121D Warning Star

Aircraft carrier USS Ranger

Lockheed P-3A-50-LO Orion

Republic F-105D Thunderchief

Grumman EA-6A Intruder

Lockheed YF-12A

OV-1 Mohawk

Aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CVS-11)

Nortrop F-5C Freedom Fighter

Lockheed C-130B/E Hercules

Attack aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34)

Aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43)

Lockheed OP-2E Neptune

Nissile cruiser USS Long Beach (CGN-9)

McDonnell RF-101C

Douglas VC-118B Liftmaster

QU-22

Kaman HH-2C Seasprite

Ling-Temco-Vought A-7B Corsair

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker

Boeing B-52D-35-BW Stratofortress

Vought F-8E Crusader

Aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard

F-105 Thunderchief

Aircraft carriers USS Oriskany

De Havilland C-7B Caribou

Cessna O-2A-CE Super Skymaster

Douglas EKA-3B Skywarrior

Aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

Sikorsky YCH-54A Tarhe

Grumman EA-6B-30-GR Prowler

Aircraft carrier USS Bennington

North American RA-5C Vigilante

AH-1 SuperCobra

Grumman E-2B Hawkeye

McDonnell F-4D Phantom. A U.S. Air Force McDonnell F-4D Phantom II from the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, taxies at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force base in 1971. The aircraft is armed with two BOLT-117 (BOmb, Laser Terminal-117). The BOLT-117 was later redesignated as the GBU-1/B (Guided Bomb Unit) and was the world's first laser guided bomb. The aircraft and carries a AN/ALQ-72 jamming pod under the wings, and a strike camera in the forward left missile bay.

Boeing B-52D-60-BO Stratofortress. U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52D-60-BO Stratofortress (s/n 55-0100) dropping bombs over Vietnam. This aircraft flew its final combat mission on 29 December 1972 and was one of the three final B-52 aircraft to bomb North Vietnam during "Operation Linebacker II". Following the war it should be retired to the MASDC but was reteined at Andersen Air force Base, Guam, as a memorial for the "Arc Light" missions, which was dedicated on 12 February 1974. In 1983 it was discovered that the aircraft had corroded to such a state that it was rendered unsafe.