The Don Englebreston Collection

Museum Display Panel: 'Lost 2,257 Aircraft' — Southeast Asia Air War Losses, 1966-1973

Museum Display Panel: 'Lost 2,257 Aircraft' — Southeast Asia Air War Losses, 1966-1973

This exhibit panel, part of a Vietnam War aviation history display, summarizes United States aircraft losses over Southeast Asia between 1966 and 1973 — a total of 2,257 aircraft across more than twenty types. The figures illustrate the intensity and cost of the air campaigns over North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, from strategic bombers like the B-52 Stratofortress to close air support and rescue aircraft such as the A-1 Skyraider and HH-53 'Super Jolly Green Giant' helicopter, both of which played critical roles in combat search and rescue operations for downed airmen. Project: 219913