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Ethiopia |
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Chronological Listing of Ethiopian |
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Date |
Air Force |
A'cft |
Unit / Serial |
based |
crashed |
crew |
photo |
seat |
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14th October 1962 |
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F-86F Sabre |
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Lost. |
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1970 - 1977 ??? |
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Canberra B. Mk. 52 |
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Belly landed - damaged |
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1977 - 1978 ??? |
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Canberra B. Mk. 52 |
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Debrezeit |
Brought down by mechanical problems deep inside Ethiopia while returning from mission |
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1977-1978 |
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C-47 |
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Hit by ground fire. Crash landed |
All
survived |
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1977-78 |
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F-5A |
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Gode |
lost around Gode |
pilot ejected |
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1977-78 |
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F-5A |
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Dire Dawa |
lost shortly after take off from Dire Dawa |
pilot ejected |
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1977-78 |
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F-5E |
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brought down near Hargeisa |
Afework Kidanu |
x |
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1977-78 |
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F-5E |
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rescued by Helicopter |
Batcha Hunde ejected |
x |
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1977-78 |
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F-5E |
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Legesse Teferra |
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17 April 1983 |
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MiG-23BN |
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Asmara |
shot down by Eritrean AAA near Nakfa |
Bezabih Petros - POW released 1991 |
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KM-1 |
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1984 |
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MIG-21bis |
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Debrezeit |
solo flight |
trainee
pilot,
Melke
Demissie, |
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5th June 1998 |
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MiG-23BN |
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Bahir-Dar |
Lost to mechanical problem shortly after take-off See note below |
Major A.T. ejected |
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June 5, 1998 - The MIG-23BN was lost to mechanical problem shortly after take off. It was not shot down. The pilot was the wingman for the second element. The element lead aborted the mission and returned to base while the first element went ahead with its mission. |
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1994 |
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L-39C |
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Debrezeit |
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not on file |
not on file |
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trainee pilot, Aregawi Kiros, |
instructor,
Major
Abebe, |
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1996 |
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MIG-21bis |
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Debrezeit |
Plane skidded off the runway |
pilot, Kurabachew Hiluf, killed |
not on file |
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1997 |
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MIG-21bis |
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Debrezeit |
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pilot, Hajji Chewecha, Killed |
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1998 |
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MIG-21bis |
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Debrezeit |
Struck trees during very low altitude training sortie |
pilot
Major Abebe |
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6th June 1998 |
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MiG-21bis |
1083 Update: Incorrect information; 1083 serves as gate guard at Debrezeit AB |
Mekele |
shot down by Eritrean AAA during an attack against Asmara AB |
Col. Bezabih Petros - POW captured and paraded through the city. |
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KM-1 |
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November 1998 |
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L-39C |
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Shot down in error by air defence |
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Lt. Endegena Tadesse and a Russian were Killed |
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December 1999 |
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Su-27 |
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Lost during a night flight training |
Pilot killed |
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6th January 1999 |
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Su-27US |
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Crashed during a post-assembly technical flight. It was a single sitter where the Russian pilot crashed. |
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Russian Air Force Col. Vyacheslaw Myzin ejected |
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Zvezda K-36 |
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UPDATED: Su-27 lost two weeks after delivery in its initial post assembly technical flight. The plane was replaced. a Sukhoi 27 crashed near the main Ethiopian airbase at Debre Zeyit, 40 miles southeast of Addis Ababa. The pilot was a Russian Air Force colonel. |
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1999 |
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MiG-23BN |
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mechanical failure deep inside Eritrea |
Lt. T. |
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Sunday 14th Feb. 1999 |
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Mi-35 |
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shot down on the Burre front |
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pilot,
Belihu Kidane |
gunner,
Sisay Belay |
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Feb. 24, 1999 |
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Mi-35 |
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Hydraulic failure while on mission inside Eritrea on the Mereb-setit front. |
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pilot,
Berihu Kidane |
gunner,
Abera |
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According to regulations, it could only fly for 7 minutes but flew for 15 led by Forward Air Controllers and landed. Pilot fearing he was still in enemy territory tried to take off again which led to the crash. |
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1999 |
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Mi-35 |
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hit by SAM on Tsorena front |
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pilot,
Zenebe Mideksa |
gunner
??? |
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1999 |
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Mi-35 |
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Mechanical problem. Helicopter abandoned deep inside Eritrea |
Both crew picked up by wingman's Mi-35 |
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15th May 2000 |
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Su-25 Frogfoot |
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Bahir Dar |
hard landing |
Pilot suffered no injuries |
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16th May 2000 |
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Helicopter |
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MI-35 landed behind Ethiopian lines after it was hit by Eritrean AAA |
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2001 |
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MiG-21UM |
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IP
Lt. Dagmawi Lemma |
trainee
pilot |
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2006 |
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Mi-17 |
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Human error; aircraft lost in the Somali regional state while transporting government officials |
pilot, Captain Girma Teka and co-pilot were killed. Passengers were also killed |
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200? |
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MIG-23BN |
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Bahir Dar |
Training flight |
pilot Lt.
Shewasher |
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| Late 2007 |
 Ethiopian Air Force |
L-39 | Experienced an engine failure and lost while flying to the practice area. Crew instructed to eject | VS-1 | ||||
| "student" ejection seat did not work and was killed | IP ejected | VS-1 | ||||||
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Friday 30th March 2007 |
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Mi-35 helicopter gunship |
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Shot down with missile by Somali rebels in in Mogadishu |
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Crew reported in International media as killed |
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15th January 1984 |
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Antonov 12 |
1506 |
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Crashed at Tesenei, Eritrea |
26 passengers and crew members killed |
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14th January 1987 |
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Antonov 12 |
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The plane, carrying air force personnel, was going to the capital, Addis Ababa, when it suddenly went out of control and crashed in the Eritrean provincial capital of Asmara |
54 passengers and crew members killed |
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May 1984 |
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Antonov 12 |
1509 |
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Destryed at Addis Ababa during hijack attempt |
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14th January 1982 |
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Antonov 26 |
crashed near Addis Ababa | 73 passengers (Libyan, Cuban and Ethiopian soldiers) and crew members killed | ||||
| 26th April 1991 |
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Antonov 12 |
Hijacked by nine Ethiopian students. Khartoum, Sudan who eventually surrendered | |||||
| some time in the 1980s |
Ethiopian Air Force |
MIG-21 | Shot down in early 1980s and was held as POW until 1991 | Lt. Abayneh Hailu | ||||
| 1983 |
Ethiopian Air Force |
MIG-21 | Shot down in 1983 and was POW until 1991 | Capt. Tilahun Bezabih | ||||
| 1988 |
Ethiopian Air Force |
MIG-21 | Shot down around Nakfa |
Major Getahun Demissie killed |
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| 1988 |
Ethiopian Air Force |
MI-24 | Shot down at Keren | |||||
| Captain Mulugeta killed | ||||||||
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Ethiopian Air Force |
MI-35 | shot down by SAM |
2nd Lt. Zenebe Mideksa killed |
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| 1990 |
Ethiopian Air Force |
MIG-23 | shot down over Mekele | Lt. Tilahun Hailu shot by a sniper fire during rescue operation | ||||
| 1990 |
Ethiopian Air Force |
MIG-21 | Shot down around Gondar | Colonel Getachew Mengesha ejected successfully. evaded capture and escaped | ||||
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Ethiopian Air Force |
MIG-23 |
Lt. Colonel Tilahun Bogale killed |
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Ethiopian Air Force |
MIG-21 |
Lt. Merid Mengesha killed |
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Ethiopian Air Force |
MIG-21 |
Lt. Ammanuel killed |
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Ethiopian Air Force |
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