The following is a list of United States aerial victories of the Vietnam War. While U.S. sources claimed 195 North Vietnamese Vietnam People's Air Force aircraft were shot down in air to air combat, the North Vietnamese claim that only 134 aircraft were lost.^[1]

The most successful:

• USAF squadron was the 555th TFS with 36 kills
• US Navy squadron was VF-96 with 10 kills
• Aircraft was the F-4 Phantom with 147 kills
• Weapons were the AIM-7 and AIM-9 both tied with 58 kills each, although many AIM-9 were AIM-9/20mm shared kills
• day was 10 May 1972 with 11 kills (7 MiG-17s and 4 MiG-21s)
• month was May 1972 with 28 kills

NOTE 1: For certain early USAF F-4 victories, WSO aft seat was occupied by a junior USAF Pilot in lieu of a USAF Navigator WSO
NOTE 2: For certain F-4 victories, one USN aircraft had a USAF exchange pilot, one USAF aircraft had a USMC exchange RIO as WSO, and another USAF aircraft had a USMC exchange pilot and a USN exchange RIO as WSO^[44]
NOTE 3: For USAF F-105F victories, the WSO was actually an Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO)
NOTE 4: For USAF B-52D victories, the aerial victory is attributed to the enlisted tail gunner

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  555th TFS Insignia
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  VF-96 insignia
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  555th TFS F-4D
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  VF-96 F-4J
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  AIM-9s on an F-8

• Aircraft losses of the Vietnam War
• List of Vietnam War flying aces