Republic of Vietnam Aircraft
- A-1 Skyraider
- A-37A/B Dragonfly
- AC-47
- AC-119G/K Stinger – served Mar'72 –
- B-57 Canberra
- C-7A Caribou – served late'71 – mid'74 (grounded due to budget cuts)
- C-47 Skytrain
- C-119 Flying Boxcar – served Mar'68 –
- C-123K Provider – served May'73 – 1973 only (replaced by C-130A) 10 lost, 4 to ground fire
- C-130A Hercules – 2 combat losses
- F-5A/B/C Freedom Fighter
- F-5E Tiger II
- U/H-1D/H Iroquois (helicopter)
- C/UH-34C/D/G Choctaw (helicopter)
- CH-47A Chinook (helicopter)
- O-1 Bird Dog
- O-2A Skymaster – served 1970 – mid'74 (grounded due to budget cuts)
- T-28 Trojan
- T-37 Tweety Bird (trainer)
- T-41D Mescalero (trainer)
- U-6A Beaver
- U-17A/B Skywagon
VNAF a/c details sourced from "Flying Dragon – The South Vietnamese Air Force" Robert C. Milikesh, Schiffer Military History, 2005
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