The following is a list of flying aces of the Vietnam War.
Name | Country | Service | Victories |
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Nguyễn Văn Cốc | North Vietnam | Air Force | 9 |
Mai Văn Cường | North Vietnam | Air Force | 8 |
Nguyễn Hồng Nhị | North Vietnam | Air Force | 8 |
Phạm Thanh Ngân | North Vietnam | Air Force | 8 |
Đặng Ngọc Ngự | North Vietnam | Air Force | 7 |
Nguyễn Văn Bảy | North Vietnam | Air Force | 7 |
Lê Hải | North Vietnam | Air Force | 6 |
Lê Thanh Đạo | North Vietnam | Air Force | 6 |
Lưu Huy Chao | North Vietnam | Air Force | 6 |
Nguyễn Đăng Kỉnh | North Vietnam | Air Force | 6 |
Nguyễn Đức Soát | North Vietnam | Air Force | 6 |
Nguyễn Ngọc Độ | North Vietnam | Air Force | 6 |
Nguyễn Nhật Chiêu | North Vietnam | Air Force | 6 |
Nguyễn Tiến Sâm | North Vietnam | Air Force | 6 |
Vadim Petrovich Shcherbakov | Soviet Union | PVO Strany1 | 6[1] |
Vũ Ngọc Đỉnh | North Vietnam | Air Force | 6 |
Nguyễn Văn Nghĩa | North Vietnam | Air Force | 5 |
Capt. Charles B. "Chuck" DeBellevue | United States | Air Force | 6 |
LT Randall "Duke" Cunningham | United States | Navy2 | 5 |
LTJG William P. Driscoll | United States | Navy | 5 |
Capt. Steve Ritchie | United States | Air Force2 | 5 |
Capt. Jeff Feinstein | United States | Air Force | 5 |
1Pilot instructor to Vietnamese People's Air Force.
2Cunningham and Ritchie were the only USA pilot aces of the Vietnam War. The other three were Weapon Systems Officers (WSOs, in the USAF) or Radar Intercept Officers (RIOs, in the USN).
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