Published:  11:34 Wednesday - October 13, 2010

The Vietnamese People's Air Force Museum, Hanoi or Bảo Tàng Phòng Không - Không Quân is located on Duong Truong Chinh Truong Chinh Street in the Bach Mai District of Hanoi. The museum is on the edge of the disused Bach Mai Airfield.

The Vietnamese People's Air Force Museum, Hanoi or Bảo Tàng Phòng Không - Không Quân is located on Duong Truong Chinh Truong Chinh Street in the Bach Mai District of Hanoi. The museum is on the edge of the disused Bach Mai Airfield.

The museum tells the history of the Vietnamese People's Air Force VPAF from its formation in 1954 through to the present day. There is a heavy emphasis on its role in the Second Indochina War and the Cambodian-Vietnamese War. The museum comprises one main building with displays on the history of the VPAF, biographies of VPAF aces, uniforms and flightsuits, aircraft weaponry and engines, items from downed US aircraft and the forward fuselage of a MiG-21. Outside is a static park with aircraft of the VPAF and the Republic of Vietnam Air Force.