WORK IN PROGRESS
Help from Russian Sources appreciated - especially pilot photos
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Aircraft by type |
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Sukhoi Su-25 |
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List being compiled - any addition / amendments welcomed |
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Operators |
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Afghanistan |
Angola |
Armenia |
Azerbaijani AF |
Belarus |
Bulgaria |
Czechoslovakia |
Czech Republic |
![]() Celestial Hussars
234th 'Proskurovskii' Guard Regiment |
Ethiopian Air Force |
Georgia |
Iran |
Iraq |
Ivory Coast AF [FACI] |
Kazakhstan |
Macedonia |
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North Korea |
Peru |
Russian AF |
Russian Navy |
USSR |
Slovak AF |
Turkmenistan |
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Ukrainian Air Force |
Uzbekistan |
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NOTES |
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In Afghanistan an estimated 23 Su-25 were lost over nine years |
| Date |
Air Force |
A'cft | Unit / Serial |
based |
crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| 16th January 1984 |
USSR |
Su-25 | 200 OShAE | shot down SA-7 in Afghanistan near Urgun | lieutenant colonel P. Ruban ejected but parachute failed and he was killed | K-36 | ||
| 18th October 1984 |
USSR |
Sukhoi Su-25 | Damaged during combat by AAA during Afghan Conflict | Pilot killed | ||||
| October 1984 |
USSR |
Sukhoi Su-25 | Damaged during combat by AAA during Afghan Conflict |
V. V. Bondarenko landed OK |
ARE THESE THE SAME LOSS ??? | |||
| 10th December 1984 |
USSR |
Sukhoi Su-25 | shot down by cannon fire over Pandzhsher as it was pulling out of a dive. Crashed into rocks | 1st lieutenant V. I. Zazdravnov killed | ||||
| 13th February 1985 |
USSR |
Sukhoi Su-25 | shot down in Afghanistan | Pilot killed | ||||
| ??? |
USSR |
Sukhoi Su-25 | Damaged by AAA - Drop tank dislodged by hit and would not separate. During Afghan Conflict |
Major A.Porublev landed OK |
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| ??? |
USSR |
Sukhoi Su-25 | Damaged during combat by AAA during Afghan Conflict | 1st lieutenant Kovalenko | ||||
| 6th April 1986 |
USSR |
Su-25 | 378-th OShAP | shot down AA in Afghanistan near Khost |
colonel A.Rutskoy ejected safely and was rescued [see also 4th August 1988] |
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K-36 | |
| 21st January 1987 |
USSR |
Su-25 | 378-th OShAP | shot down Stinger in Afghanistan near Bagram air base | lieutenant K. G.Pavljukov ejected safely but was killed on ground | |||
| mujaheddins have tried to seize him but when they came close lieutenant Pavljukov has blown up themselves and them granate. Hero of Soviet Union | ||||||||
| 28th May 1987 |
USSR |
Sukhoi Su-25 |
Hit by enemy AAA. Returned to the airfield with one engine, crash
landed {this aircraft and pilot sustained a AAA hit the day before] |
Major A. Rybakov | K-36 | |||
| 28th July 1987 |
USSR |
Sukhoi Su-25 | Right engine destroyed. Crash landed and torn away undercarriage | K-36 | ||||
| ???? |
USSR |
Sukhoi Su-25 | Tail badly damaged by missile. Crash landed into a minefield. | Lieutenant P. Golubtzov. Rescued by sappers | K-36 | |||
| ???? |
USSR |
Sukhoi Su-25 | vertical stabilizer taken off by a missile. Returned to base | Captain M. Burak | K-36 | |||
| ?? July 1987 |
USSR |
Sukhoi Su-25 | Hit during combat by AAA. Oxygen system damaged | Pilot lost consciousness and died in crash | K-36 | |||
| 4th August 1988 |
Russian AF |
Sukhoi Su-25 |
№03 | 378-th OShAP |
shot down 190 miles southwest of Islamabad after straying over the border from Afghanistan by Sqn. Ldr. Athar Bukhari PAF |
Colonel Alexander Rutskoi ejected safely and was captured [see
also 6th April 1986] (2nd ejection - previous one in 1986 from Su-25 -date not yet known) |
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K-36 |
| 7th January 1989 |
USSR |
Sukhoi Su-25 | shot down in Afghanistan | Pilot killed | ||||
| February 1990 |
Angola |
Sukhoi Su-25K | Crashed on take-off - pilot retracted nose wheel too early | Pilot ejected | K-36L | |||
| May or June 1990 |
Angola |
Sukhoi Su-25K | Crashed on take-off colliding with another Su-25K | Pilot ejected | K-36L | |||
| May or June 1990 |
Angola |
Sukhoi Su-25K | Crashed on take-off colliding with another Su-25K | Pilot ejected | K-36L | |||
| 3 October 1991 |
Russian AF |
MiG-25PU | airbase Hotilovo | fire in the right engine | ||||
| pilot colonel A. M. Mironov ejected safely | senior lieutenant A. M. Aksutik ejected safely | K-36 | ||||||
| 6th January 1993 |
CIS AF |
Su-25 Frogfoot | crashed in Abkhazia province | Pilot ejected | K-36 | |||
| 21st December 1993 |
CIS AF |
Su-25UB Frogfoot |
flight training college nr Krasnodar |
crashed during a training flight | Pilot ejected safely | K-36 | ||
| 17th February 1994 |
Azerbaijani AF |
Su-25 Frogfoot | shot down by ground fire near the north Nagorny-Karabakh front | Pilot ejected but was captured | K-36 | |||
| 23rd April 1994 |
Azerbaijani AF |
Su-25 Frogfoot | Shot down by Armenian forces near Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh |
Pilot ejected safely |
K-36 | |||
| 3rd July 1994 |
Angola |
Su-25 | K-36 | |||||
| 12th September 1994 |
Slovak AF |
Su-25K | K-36 | |||||
| ?? January 1995 |
Russian Air Force |
Su-25 | K-36 | |||||
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4th
February 1995 10:30h |
Russian AF |
Su-25 Frogfoot |
Shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashed in a field near Belgatoi Gekhi three miles southeast of Groznyy |
The pilot ejected outside the envelope parameters of his seat. He died shortly after landing without a fully deployed parachute |
K-36 | |||
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4th
April 1996 17:00h |
Russian AF |
Su-25 Frogfoot |
shot down during reconnaissance flight over the village of Goiskoye by Chechen rebels using a Stinger ground to air missile |
Pilot
ejected
A rescue helicopter recovered him and returned to Khankala Airport, Groznyy. |
K-36 | |||
| 5th May 1996 |
Russian Air Force |
K-36 | ||||||
| 11th April 1998 |
Russian Air Force |
Su-25 | Initially thought the plane crashed into a hill, investigators are looking into the possibility that the plane strayed over an artillery range during firing practice and was hit by a shell | K-36 | ||||
| pilot killed | pilot killed | K-36 | ||||||
| 8th September 1999 |
Russian Air Force |
Sukhoi Su-25 | Mechanical failure returning from attack on Chechen positions. A pressurized fuel line exploded. Crashed near the village of Bujnaksks, in the southern republic of Dagestan | pilot ejected and was rescued by federal troops | K-36 | |||
| 3rd October 1999 |
Russian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot | shot down by a missile during a reconnaissance mission over the village of Tolstoy-Yurt. |
Did pilot die in aircraft ?? Some reports say he ejected but was killed by the aircraft exploding |
K-36 | |||
| 14th October 1999 |
Russian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot | K-36 | |||||
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13th December 1999 1200 hrs Moscow time |
Russian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot | 368th Attack Aircraft Regiment ??? | Damaged by own rocket jamming in the launcher. crashed in Shatoisky district. crashed near the village of Bachi-Yurt Chechnya. Rescued 26 hours after ejecting |
Sergei Borisyuk [commander of
a Su-25 regiment based at Budyonnovsk] ejected safely
[also seen claimed as captured by Chechen fighters] |
CAN ANYONE CLARIFY THE DETAILS ?? | K-36 | |
| 15th May 2000 |
Ethiopian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot | K-36 | |||||
| 16th May 2000 |
Ethiopian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot | K-36 | |||||
| 9th June 2000 |
Russian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot | K-36 | |||||
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Thursday 14th June 2001 16:53 Moscow time |
Russian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot |
crashed
into mountains in Chechnya
due to complicated terrain
and weather conditions having taken
off during
[version 1] the air show in Le Burje, [version 2] while on a combat mission in the area of Shatoi, Chechnya DETAILS APPRECIATED |
Pilot killed Capt. Oleg Podsidkov | K-36 | |||
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Thursday 14th June 2001 |
Russian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot | Pilot Lt. Col. Yuri Yakimenko killed | K-36 | ||||
| 3rd April 2002 |
Ukrainian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot | Post mainteance flight. Crashed in Zaporizhia | Pilot killed | K-36 | |||
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29th April 2002 10:30 |
Russian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot | Crashed during a combat mission six kilometers from Dyshno-Vedeno in Chechnya's Vedeno district |
Major Igor Ivanovich Bezryadin died in the crash |
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K-36 | ||
| 28th July 2002 |
Ukrainian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot | K-36 | |||||
| 18th October 2004 |
Russian Navy |
Su-25UTG |
Admiral Kuznetsov North Fleet |
Broke off the right chassis during an emergency landing on the aircraft carrier deck | K-36 | |||
| 6th November 2004 |
Ivory Coast AF [FACI] |
Su-25UB | 21 R | Yamoussoukro AB | French forces destroyed two Ivorian bombers at an airbase in the capital, Yamoussoukro, along with two Russian-built Sukhoi 25 and three Mi-24 helicopters in retaliation for an Ivorian airstrike that had killed eight French peacekeepers and an American civilian | K-36 | ||
| 6th November 2004 |
Ivory Coast AF [FACI] |
Su-25UB | 20 R | Yamoussoukro AB | K-36 | |||
| Saturday 21st May 2005 |
Russian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot | Russian Air Base, Dushanbe Airport, Tajikistan | Technical problems. Crashed 25 kilometres from Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Major Vadim Pryadchenko ejected OK | K-36 | ||
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Wednesday 28th June 2006 10.18 a.m |
Russian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot |
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Pilot Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Vakhovsky killed. He had informed his flight leader that he did not feel well. He was ordered to eject but did not react |
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K-36 | ||
| crashed near the town of Bryansk in southwest Russia near the border with Ukraine | ||||||||
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Saturday 30th June
2007 11:56 local time (0956 GMT) |
Dem. Rep. Congo |
Sukhoi Su-25 | Control lost while coming in to land. Engine malfunction cited. Crashed next to the runway in the north eastern city of Kisangani during an Independence Day display |
Pilot killed No ejection reported |
K-36 | |||
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Thursday 20th March 2008 03:33 Moscow time (0:33 GMT) |
Russian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot | Chernigovka airbase | Training flight. Technical problems. Crashed in the Primorye Territory about 143 kilometers (90 miles) from the port of Vladivostok | Pilot Squadron Commander Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Yakovenko killed in crash |
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K-36 | |
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Wednesday 3rd March 2010 17:00 |
Azerbaijani air force |
Su-25 | Shamkir Air Base | crashed in Ashagi Ayibli village of Tovuz region of Azerbaijan |
Famil
Elman Mammadli killed |
K-36 | ||
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