10°48′18″N 106°39′40″E / 10.80500°N 106.66111°E 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.[1]
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
- MiG-21MF
- Mi-24A