Laos People's Liberation Army Air Force history

Mi-8T RDPL-34040 at Vientiane in February 1991.

collection Dick Lohuis

Vientiane/Wattay (VLVT)
RWY 13/31 POS 17°59'18"N 102°33'48"E ELEV 564 ft Google Maps
Battalion	Timeline	Aircraft Type(s)	Fate
Training Battalion	1976 - ?	T-41B O-1 U-17	disbanded

Transport Battalion	1976 - present	C-47 C-54 C-123K An-2 (77-?) An-24RV (77-04) An-26 (78-02) Y-7-100C (94-?) An-32 MA60 MA600 (13->)

VIP Flight	-	Yak-40 (78-04) Mi-8P An-74TK-100 (98-09) Mi-172 EC-155B-1 (11Mar15-?)

703 Battalion	1976 - present	UH-34D (->-82?) S-58T Mi-8T (77-?) Mi-8MTV Mi-6A (85-02?) Ka-32T (Jan94->) Mi-26T Mi-17-1V (99->) Z-9 (July09->) Mi-17V-5

Training Battalion	2004 - present	Il-103 (7July04->) LE500 (Oct15->) Ce310R (Nov21->) JL-8 (27Dec23->)

702 Battalion	2018 - present	Yak-130 (20Dec18->)

Yak-40 974 was re-serialed to RDPL-34001. It was damaged beyond repair in an accident near Long Tieng, Xiangkhouangon on 25 May 1998.

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An 24RV RDPL 34006 at Vientiane in April 1994.

collection Dick Lohuis

An-2 RDPL-34122 & RDPL-34123 at Vientiane in 1996.

Hans Jakobsson

An-74TK-100 RDPL.34018 visiting Luang Prabang in November 1998.

collection Dick Lohuis

Y-7-100C RDPL-34128, here at Luang Prabang on 5 April 2004, is one of two which have been in use with the LPLAAF.

Anthony Jackson

Mi-26T RDPL-34069 rotting away at the Vientiane tarmac after been taken out of service in 1996.

16 November 2008, Houmphet Manisouk

Xiengkhouang/Plaine des Jarres (VLXK)
RWY 07/25 POS 19°26'41"N 103°09'09"E ELEV 3609 Google Maps
Battalion	Timeline	Aircraft Type(s)	Fate
Fighter Battalion	1976 - ?	T-28D (->77) MiG-21PFM (Sep77-?) MiG-21US ? (77-?) MiG-21bis	disbanded

Eight MiG-21s seen stored at Xiengkhouang in 2015.

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