US Air Force Loss Statistics

THE STATISTICS OF THE AIR WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

 

TABLE 1   -   USAF ATTACK AIRCRAFT

 

A-1

A-7

A-26

A-37

B-26

AC-47

AC-119

AC-130

T-28

Totals

1961

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1962

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

3

1963

0

0

0

0

7

0

0

0

4

11

1964

9

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

10

21

1965

30

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

32

1966

41

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

1

49

1967

16

0

5

2

0

6

0

0

4

33

1968

36

0

1

6

0

6

0

0

2

51

1969

29

0

3

2

0

1

1

1

0

37

1970

21

0

0

1

0

0

3

1

0

26

1971

10

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

14

1972

8

2

0

7

0

0

1

4

0

22

1973

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

Totals

200

6

12

22

10

19

5

6

23

303

 

TABLE 2   -   USAF FIGHTER AND BOMBER AIRCRAFT

 

B-52

B-57

F-4

F-5

F-100

F-102

F-104

F-105

F-111

Totals

1961

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1962

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1963

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1964

0

7

0

0

2

1

0

1

0

11

1965

2

21

13

1

26

4

5

68

0

140

1966

0

13

56

7

26

2

5

126

0

235

1967

3

6

97

1

36

3

4

113

0

263

1968

2

6

63

0

62

3

0

47

3

186

1969

3

4

65

0

54

1

0

22

0

149

1970

0

1

33

0

26

0

0

10

0

70

1971

0

0

30

0

10

0

0

1

0

41

1972

19

0

83

0

0

0

0

9

6

117

1973

2

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

2

10

Totals

31

58

446

9

242

14

14

397

11

1222

 

TABLE 3   -   USAF ELECTRONIC WARFARE AND RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT

 

EB-66

EC-47

EC-121

QU-22

RF-4C

RF-101C

SR-71

U-2

Totals

1961

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1962

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1963

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1964

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

1965

1

0

0

0

0

9

0

0

10

1966

2

1

0

0

7

16

0

1

27

1967

3

2

0

0

23

10

0

0

38

1968

3

1

0

0

24

2

0

0

30

1969

1

4

2

2

10

0

0

0

19

1970

2

2

0

0

9

0

1

0

14

1971

2

0

0

2

3

0

0

0

7

1972

2

2

0

5

6

0

1

0

16

1973

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Totals

17

13

2

9

82

38

2

1

164

 

TABLE 4   -   USAF FORWARD AIR CONTROL AIRCRAFT

 

O-1

O-2

OV-10

Totals

1961

0

0

0

0

1962

0

0

0

0

1963

2

0

0

2

1964

3

0

0

3

1965

28

0

0

28

1966

38

0

0

38

1967

39

7

0

46

1968

40

35

2

77

1969

15

24

11

50

1970

7

16

19

42

1971

3

8

10

21

1972

2

14

19

35

1973

0

0

3

3

Totals

177

104

64

345

 

TABLE 5   -   TRANSPORT AND LIAISON AIRCRAFT

 

C-7

C-47

C-123

C-130

C-141

U-3

U-6

Totals

1961

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

1962

0

1

4

0

0

0

0

5

1963

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

3

1964

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

2

1965

0

0

8

6

0

0

0

14

1966

0

2

11

7

0

0

1

21

1967

3

0

7

14

2

0

0

26

1968

7

2

10

16

0

1

0

36

1969

5

0

3

8

0

0

0

16

1970

4

1

4

1

0

0

0

10

1971

1

0

2

1

0

0

0

4

1972

0

0

0

6

0

0

0

6

1973

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Totals

20

7

54

59

2

1

1

144

 

TABLE 6   -   USAF OTHER AIRCRAFT TYPES

 

HU-16

KB-50

KC-135

U-10

Totals

1961

0

0

0

0

 

1962

0

0

0

1

1

1963

0

0

0

0

0

1964

0

1

0

1

2

1965

0

0

0

1

1

1966

2

0

0

2

4

1967

0

0

0

3

3

1968

0

0

2

1

3

1969

0

0

1

3

4

1970

0

0

0

0

0

1971

0

0

0

0

0

1972

0

0

0

0

0

1973

0

0

0

0

0

Totals

2

1

3

12

18

 

TABLE 7   -   RAVEN AIRCRAFT LOSSES

 

O-1

T-28

U-17

Totals

1968

4

0

0

4

1969

2

0

0

2

1970

2

1

1

4

1971

4

0

1

5

1972

5

0

0

5

Totals

17

1

2

20

 

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