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South Vietnam lost 1,018 aircraft and helicopters from January 1964 to September 1973. [ 6 ] 877 Republic of Vietnam aircraft were captured at war's end (1975) [ 7 ] Of the 2,750 [ 8 ] aircraft and helicopters received by South Vietnam, only about 308 survived (240 flew to Thailand or US warships [ 9 ] and 68 returned to the United States [ 10 ] ).
January 18 – An A-6E Intruder (Bureau Number 152928) was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery two miles from the Iraqi shore after dropping mines on a waterway linking the Iraqi naval base of Umm Qasr with the Persian Gulf. The USN package was engaged by ZU-23-2 ground anti-aircraft guns and Iraqi naval vessels.
In total, the U.S. lost 3,374 fixed wing aircraft in combat during the war; in both North and South Vietnam. According to the North Vietnamese, 31% were shot down by S-75 missiles (1,046 aircraft, or 6 missiles per one kill); 60% were shot down by anti-aircraft guns; and 9% were shot down by MiG fighters.
7 aircraft lost [10] 108 helicopters destroyed and 618 damaged (20% badly damaged beyond repair) [11] [12] 71 tanks, 163 armoured combat vehicles, 37 half-trucks, 278 trucks destroyed [13] Per North Vietnam 2,163 killed and 6,176 wounded [14] South Vietnam claimed 19,360 killed [5]: 131 670 anti-aircraft guns destroyed [15]
It was carried out on 29–30 April 1975, during the last days of the Vietnam War. More than 7,000 people were evacuated by helicopter from various points in Saigon. The airlift resulted in a number of enduring images. Evacuation plans already existed as a standard procedure for American embassies.
Former VNAF F-5Es, C-123s, C-130s and UH-1s were used by the VPAF for many years after the end of the War. In the years between 1953 and 1991, approximately 700 warplanes, 120 helicopters and 158 missile complexes were supplied to North Vietnam/Vietnam by the USSR and China (primarily the MiG-19 (J-6 series).
[11] [12] Due to the urgency brought on by Operation Rolling Thunder, and until North Vietnamese missilemen could be trained, Soviet PVO SAM Anti-Aircraft Missile operator/instructors were quickly deployed to North Vietnam in 1965, and through 1966 were reportedly responsible for downing approximately 48 US aircraft during the war.
RVNAF pilots who had access to helicopters flew them offshore to the American fleet, where they were able to land. Many RVNAF helicopters were dumped into the ocean to make room on the decks for more aircraft. [68] RVNAF fighters and other planes also sought refuge in Thailand while two O-1s landed on USS Midway. [69]