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Quân chủng Phòng không - Không quân | |
Founded | 24 January 1955 Current formation: from 1999 (merger of Air Force Service and Air Defence Service) |
Country | Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
Allegiance | Communist Party of Vietnam[2] |
Type | Air force Space force |
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Part of | People's Army of Vietnam |
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Colours | Azure, Dark Green |
March | Hành Khúc Không Quân Việt Nam (Air Force marches) |
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Website | phongkhongkhongquan |
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Commander-in-Chief | President Tô Lâm |
Commander | Lieutenant General Vũ Văn Kha |
Political Commissar | Lieutenant General Lâm Quang Đại |
Chief of Staff | Major General Nguyễn Văn Hiền |
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Bomber | Su-22 |
Fighter | Su-27, Su-30MK2 |
Multirole helicopter | Mi-8, Mi-17/-171 |
Trainer | Yak-52, L-39C, L-39NG, Yak-130, Su-22M3K, Su-27UBK |
Transport | NC212i, C-295M |
The Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF; Không quân nhân dân Việt Nam (KQNDVN)), officially the Air Defence - Air Force Service (ADAF Service; Vietnamese: Quân chủng Phòng không - Không quân (Quân chủng PKKQ)) or the Vietnam Air Force (Không quân Việt Nam (KQVN)), is the aerial and space service branch of Vietnam. It is the successor of the former North Vietnamese Air Force (NVAF) and absorbed the South Vietnamese Air Force (RVNAF/VNAF) following the reunification of Vietnam in 1975 and is one of three main branches of the People's Army of Vietnam, which is under the executive administration of the Ministry of National Defence. The main mission of the VPAF is the defence of Vietnamese aerospace and the provision of air and space cover for operations of the People's Army of Vietnam.
To sacrifice himself undeservedly for the fatherland, fight for the cause of national independence and socialism, under the leadership of the Vietnam Workers Party...