10°48′18″N 106°39′40″E / 10.80500°N 106.66111°E / 10.80500; 106.66111 The Vietnam People's Air Force Museum, Saigon or Bảo Tàng Phòng Không - Không Quân is located on Duong Thang Long (Thang Long Street) in the Phuong 4 District of Ho Chi Minh City. The museum is near to Tan Son Nhat International Airport and adjacent to the gate to Tan Son Nhut Air Base.
The museum tells the history of the Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) in the Second Indochina War and the Cambodian-Vietnamese War. The museum comprises one main building with a small display of uniforms and flightsuits, aircraft weaponry and engines. Outside is a static park with aircraft of the VPAF and the Republic of Vietnam Air Force.
The museum is open Tuesday-Thursday and weekends from 07:30 to 11:00 and 13:30 to 17:00. Admission is free.
Aircraft on Display
Aircraft on outside display include:
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois H model
- Cessna A-37 Dragonfly
- Cessna U-17A
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF
- Mil Mi-8 Hip
- Mil Mi-24 Hind A
- Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter
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MiG-21MF
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Mi-24A
See also
References
- The Vietnam War: The Definitive Illustrated History. DK. 2017. p. 351. ISBN 9780744034639.