US Navy & US Marine Corps Aircraft Losses during the Vietnam War 1962-73 - Vietnam War POW's

Air-to-air exchange rates USN/USMC

F-4	38-7	(5.42-1)
F-8	18-3	(6.00-1)

Combat Losses in Flight USN/USMC

Aircraft	#	Aircraft	#
A-4/TA-4	257	KA-3/EA-3	6
F-4/RF-4	143	EF-10	4
F-8/RF-8	88	KC-130	3
A-6/EA-6	67	P-2/OP-2	3
A-7	55	O-1	2
A-1/EA-1	49	TF-9	1
RA-5	18	P-3	1
OV-10	13	S-2	1
Total Combat Losses	711

Fixed Wing Losses SE Asia January 1962 – June 1973

	In-Flight			Ground
	Combined	Ops	Total	Combined	Ops	Total
USN	538	316	854	0	25	25
USMC	173	75	248	18	5	23
USAF	1606	461	2067	95	27	122
Subtotals	2317	852	3169	113	57	170
Total	3339

Air-to-air Combat Losses

Enemy a/c shot down by USN/USMC	#	USN/USMC a/c shot down by MiGs	#
AN-2	2	A-1	1
MIG-17	39	KA-3B	1
MIG-19	2	A-4C	1
MIG-21	18	RA-5C	1
		A-6A	2
		F-4 B/J	7
		F-4 C/D/G	0
		F-8 C/D/E	3
Totals	61		16

Combat Sorties April 1964 – March 1973

	South East Asia	N Vietnam
USN	510,000	275,000
USMC	320,000	27,000

Squadron Deployments by Aircraft

Squadron	Cruises	Squadron	Cruises
A-4	107	A-7	24
F-4	84	E-2	24
F-8	57	A-3*	13
A-6	56	EA-6	3
RA-5	31
*Includes EA-3, KA-3, EKA-3

Area of In-flight Battle Damage

	USN	USMC	USAF
N Vietnam	82%	17%	39%
S Vietnam	5%	71%	33%
Laos	11%	10%	25%
Other/Unknown	2%	2%	3%

Causes of In-flight Fixed-Wing Losses

	USN	USMC	USAF
AA	37	14	26
Unknown	25	33	16
Ground Fire	18	50	47
Own Ordnance	3	–	1
SAM	15	2	7
MIG	2	1	4

**Excludes Operational Causes

USN Fixed Wing In-flight Combat Losses

	N Vietnam	S Vietnam	Laos	Other	Total
A-1	36	4	6	2	48
A-4	172	4	16	3	195
A-6	38	1	10	2	51
A-7	39	3	13	0	55
F-4	64	4	6	1	75
F-8	54	3	1	0	58
Other*	41	8	6	1	56

*A-3, RA-5, RF-8, EA-1, OV-10, P-2, P-3, S-2

USMC In-Flight Fixed Wing Combat Losses

	N Vietnam	S Vietnam	Laos	Other	Total
A-4/TA-4	7	51	4	0	62
A-6	10	4	1	1	16
F-4	7	47	11	0	65
F-8	2	7	1	0	10
Other*	3	15	0	2	20