US AIR FORCE
282
192
16
1
4
6
27
37
17
2
4
5
1
18
1
5
US NAVY
173
52
73
38
1
18
1
21
43
Above are North Vietnam combat losses only, not totals in-theater (Laos, China, SVN, and Cambodia). For example, a total of 257 A-4s were shot down in all theatres of operation (173 were lost in NVN). A total of 711 Navy and Marine Corps aircraft fell to enemy fire (420 were lost in NVN). Sources: (1) Red River Valley Fighter Pilot’s Association 30th Anniversary Memorial Program; (2) NAM-POWs Corp.
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After the peace accords were signed January 23, 1973 all air support missions halted in NVN, SVN and Laos. The accords did not cover Cambodia where air support continued until July 15, 1973 when Congress cut off all funding for further operations. All combat operations in SEA ceased this date. The Air Force flew 5.25 million sorties in Southeast Asia, losing 2,251 aircraft and 1,738 Airmen killed in action from 1962 to 1973. Source: Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.