Republic of Vietnam Air Force

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air force military branch

The Republic of Vietnam Air Force was the aerial warfare branch of South Vietnam’s military, operating alongside the United States during the Vietnam War until the fall of Saigon in 1975.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Republic of Vietnam Air Force canonical 9
South Vietnamese Air Force 4
Vietnam Air Force (Republic of Vietnam) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
abbreviation RVNAF ⓘ
VNAF ⓘ
activeFrom 1955 ⓘ
activeUntil 1975 ⓘ
alliedWith United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
commandStructure Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
country Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
South Vietnam ⓘ
dissolutionEvent Fall of Saigon ⓘ
dissolved 1975 ⓘ
engagement Easter Offensive ⓘ
Operation Linebacker support ⓘ
Tet Offensive ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
headquartersLocation Saigon ⓘ
historicalRegion Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Indochina
language Vietnamese ⓘ
nativeName Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa ⓘ
notableTheater Southeast Asia ⓘ
operatedIn South Vietnam ⓘ
partOf Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
peakPersonnelStrength tens of thousands ⓘ
primaryOpponent Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: North Vietnam

Vietnam People’s Air Force ⓘ
role aerial warfare ⓘ
air defense ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
transport ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successorInTerritory Vietnam People’s Air Force ⓘ
supportedBranch Army of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
supportedGovernment Government of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Vietnam government
trainingLocation South Vietnam ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
trainingSupportedBy United States Air Force ⓘ
usedAircraft Bell UH-1 Iroquois ⓘ
Lockheed C-130 Hercules ⓘ
surface form: C-130 Hercules

Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
surface form: C-47 Skytrain

Cessna T-37 Tweet ⓘ
surface form: Cessna A-37 Dragonfly

Douglas A-1 Skyraider ⓘ
McDonnell F-4 Phantom II ⓘ
surface form: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

F-5 Freedom Fighter ⓘ
surface form: Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter
usedDoctrine U.S. air power doctrine (adapted) ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Rolling Thunder → belligerent → Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ
Cessna O-2 Skymaster → usedBy → Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ
Battle of Xuan Loc → airSupport → Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Vietnamese Air Force
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ → militaryBranch → Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ
F-5 Freedom Fighter → usedBy → Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ
North Vietnamese air defenses → primaryOpponent → Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ
Operation Commando Hunt → participant → Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ
Cam Ranh International Airport → formerlyUsedBy → Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Vietnamese Air Force
Nguyen Cao Ky → militaryBranch → Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ
H-34 Choctaw → usedBy → Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Vietnamese Air Force
Huey → primaryUsers → Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Vietnamese Air Force
Cessna T-37 Tweet → usedBy → Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vietnam Air Force (Republic of Vietnam)
AC-119K Stinger → usedBy → Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam → subdivision → Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ