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Chronological Listing of Jordanian
Losses & Ejections |
all photos courtesy of RJAF
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat | |||||||
| March 15, 1954 |
 RJAF |
Auster |
Pilot Cadet Yasseen Abdullah Al Mousally killed in accident |
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| June 12, 1956 |
RJAF |
Auster |
Pilot Cadet
Naeem
Elias Juwaiad killed in accident |
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| December 13, 1956 | Viking (Turkey) | ||||||||||||||
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| August 25, 1958 | Hunter T7 | XL570 | 229 OCU | Crashed into the sea near Barnstaple Bay Devon |
Lieutenant Farouq Nadim Rajab killed in accident |
Instructor Pilot Officer Paul HARPER AFM killed |
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| October 7, 1959 |
RJAF |
Hunter |
Lieutenant Marwan Jamil Zakaria killed in accident |
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| August 24, 1959 |
RJAF |
?? |
Lieutenant Ali Ahmed Al Khawaldeh killed in accident |
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| August 14, 1959 |
RJAF |
Chipmunk |
Major Ali Ahmad Shoqom
killed in accident |
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| September10, 1960 |
RJAF |
Hunter |
Lieutenant Ali Saleem Al Omari
killed in accident |
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| December 3, 1960 |
RJAF |
Chipmunk |
 Captain Seed Mohammed Hanin Shah (PAF) |
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| January 8, 1962 |
RJAF |
Vampire |
Lieutenant Ibrahim Iyyad Naber killed in accident |
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| July 28, 1964 |
RJAF |
Hunter | Lieutenant Amer Ahmed Zaza ejected - killed in accident | Martin-Baker | |||||||||||
| 13th June 1965 |
RJAF |
Hunter |
Ghazi Smadi ejected |
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| 15th August 1965 |
RJAF |
Hunter T66 |
Lieutenant Ahmad Daoud Al Abbadi
killed in accident |
Lieutenant Jiries Yacoub Omeish killed in accident |
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| 13th June 1965 |
RJAF |
Hunter | Ghazi Smadi | Martin-Baker | |||||||||||
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Sunday, 13th November 1966 |
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Hunter |
 No 1 Squadron King Hussein Air Base Mafraq |
near the shore of the Dead Sea | 1st Lieutenant Muwaffaq Salti ejected - killed |
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Martin-Baker | ||||||||
| March 8, 1967 |
RJAF |
F-104 |
Lieutenant Christo Hanania
killed in accident |
 Major J Murphy Instructor (USAF) |
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| April 14, 1967 | F-5 (USA) |
Lieutenant Samir Ahmad Samkari killed in accident |
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| 8th May 1967 |
RJAF |
F-104A | Training | Mohammed Shiab ejected OK | Lockheed C-2 | ||||||||||
| 5th June 1967 |
RJAF |
Hunter | Attacked by an IDF aircraft over Jordan on the first day of the war. | Captain Wasfi Ammari ejected - broke his back |
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Martin-Baker | |||||||||
| 5th June 1967 |
RJAF |
Hunter |
No 1 Squadron King Hussein Air Base Mafraq |
Killedwhile preparing to take off during Israeil pre-emptive air strike |
Major Firas Ajlouni killed |
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Martin-Baker | ||||||||
| May 28, 1968 | Hunter (Iraq) |
Lieutenant Mohammed Khair Ihsan killed in accident |
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| August 8, 1969 | F-5 (USA) |
Lieutenant Madhar Jamil Alawneh killed in accident |
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| April 20, 1970 | F-5 (USA) |
Lieutenant Ghazi Nadim Rajab killed in accident |
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| 26th May 1970 |
Pakistan |
T37 |
Mamoun Abu Nowar ejected |
Weber | |||||||||||
| September, 1970 |
RJAF |
Hunter Mk 9 |
Prince Hassan Air Base H5 |
Shot down by Syrian ground fire |
Lieutenant Samir
Shorafa ejected Taken POW later released |
Martin-Baker | |||||||||
| 6th June 1971 | F104A |
Mohammed Atmeh ejected |
Lockheed C-2 | ||||||||||||
| April 11, 1971 |
RJAF |
Cessna |
Pilot Cadet Shaker Ahmad Al Omari killed in accident |
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| April 8, 1972 | Hunter (Abu Dhabi) |
Lieutenant Abdullah Jweiber Al Jazi killed in accident |
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| 10th August 1972 | Hunter T7 | XF387 |
4FTS RAF Valley |
Mid air collision with XF384 I civilian fatality |
Pilot Cadet Talal Shafiq Issa killed in accident |
Flight Lieutenant Charles Francis ASHE killed |
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| November 9, 1972 |
RJAF |
Hunter |
Lieutenant Talal Mohammed Al Khatib killed in accident |
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| January 8, 1973 |
RJAF |
Hunter |
Lieutenant Mirai Salameh Al Shudeifat killed in accident |
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| August 31, 1973 | TH55 (USA) |
Lieutenant Mahmud Abdel Wahab Al Salem killed in accident |
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| 2nd November 1973 | Hunter 7 | XL596 |
4FTS RAF Shawbury |
Circuit training. Crashed into trees approach at Besford Wood |
Lieutenant Abdullah Qasim Nasourat killed in accident |
Squadron Leader Ronald Clive ETHERIDGE killed |
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| 16th July 1974 |
RJAF |
F104A |
Ahmad Azzam ejected |
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| December 26, 1973 |
RJAF |
Hunter |
Lieutenant Ali Mohi’eddin Obeidat killed in accident |
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| 16th July 1974 |
RJAF |
F-104A | Training | Ahmad Azzam ejected OK | |||||||||||
| 16th December 1974 |
RJAF |
F-104A |
Captain Abdel Razzaq Al Habahbeh killed in accident |
Lockheed C-2 | |||||||||||
| November 30, 1975 | Allouette III (Abu Dhabi) |
Captain Ahmed Mohammed Al Qudah killed in accident |
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| April 14, 1976 |
RJAF |
F-5 |
Lieutenant Samir Ahmad Ayasrah killed in accident |
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| 23rd January 1977 |
RJAF |
T-37 |
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Weber | |||||||||||
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Hussein Al Biss ejected (now Major General) |
Jamal Obeidat ejected |
Weber | |||||||||||||
| 9th February 1977 |
RJAF |
Allouette III | Crashed in a violent rainstorm near Tafileh, Jordan while returning to Amman from hospital visit in the south of Jordan | ||||||||||||
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| 17th October 1977 |
RJAF |
F-5B | Training ?? | Martin-Baker | |||||||||||
| Abdullah Fanatsa ejected | Nawaf Mohammed El Deeb killed | ||||||||||||||
| June 5, 1978 |
RJAF |
Bulldog |
Captain Hussein Ahmed Basbous killed in accident |
Lieutenant Samir Mahmud Al Zoubi
killed in accident |
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| 20th December 1978 |
RJAF |
F-5B | Training |
Pilot Cadet Mohammed Ahmad Al Darabkeh killed in accident [or was this an unsuccessful ejection attempt?]
Anwar Khateeb
Talal Abu Gamar
Akram Abu Saif |
Martin-Baker | ||||||||||
| 20th December 1978 |
RJAF |
F-5B | Training | CREW PAIRS ?? | Martin-Baker | ||||||||||
| March 30, 1980 |
RJAF |
F-5 |
Lieutenant Awad Mifleh Al Momani
killed in accident |
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| April 8, 1981 |
RJAF |
F-5 |
Major Musa Ahmad Hawatmeh killed in accident |
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| August 23, 1981 |
RJAF |
T37 |
Pilot Cadet Salem Fateh Owdetullah killed in accident |
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| 3rd October 1981 | Mirage F1 (France) |
Daher Rawashdeh ejected |
Martin-Baker | ||||||||||||
| March 10, 1982 |
RJAF |
F5 |
Lieutenant Salem Mohammed Tawahah killed in accident |
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| August 14, 1982 |
RJAF |
Allouette III |
Lieutenant Samir Abdel Rahman Bani Hani killed in accident |
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| August 24, 1983 |
RJAF |
F-5 |
Lieutenant Ali Ahmad Al Khwaldeh killed in accident |
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| January 2, 1984 |
RJAF |
Casa 212 |
Captain Rasmi Mohammed Onaizat killed in accident |
Lieutenant Zuhair Mustafa Al Khalafat killed in accident |
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| July 22, 1984 |
RJAF |
F-5 |
Major Mohammed Mousa El Alawneh killed in accident |
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| 18th February 1985 |
RJAF |
Mirage F1 |
Lieutenant Hisham Abu Zaid killed in accident |
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| 16th October 1988 |
RJAF |
Mirage F1 | Afeef Khaled | Martin-Baker | |||||||||||
| 2nd November 1989 |
RJAF |
Super Puma |
Lieutenant Ibrahim Al Matalqa killed in accident |
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| also 8 armed forces personnel killed | |||||||||||||||
| 28th February 1990 |
RJAF |
Casa C-101 | 1165 CC04 |
 No 11 Squadron |
 Pilot (Royal Bahrain AF) |
Martin-Baker Mk.10 | |||||||||
| August 14, 1990 |
RJAF |
F-5 |
Lieutenant Hussein Abdel Salaam Khatab killed in accident |
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| September 3, 1990 |
RJAF |
F-5A |
Lieutenant Thabet Issa Tarawneh killed in accident |
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| September 20, 1990 | Mig 21 (Iraq) |
Captain Suleiman Ajaj Olaimat killed in accident |
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| 26th March 1991 |
RJAF |
F5 |
Malik Habahbeh ejected |
Northrop | |||||||||||
| 9th December 1991 |
RJAF |
Super Puma |
Captain Tayseer Salem Fankhour
killed in accident |
Lieutenant Mohammed Sadeq Abdel Haq killed in accident |
Lt Eng Munir Hassan Hamed killed in accident |
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| 2nd December 1992 |
RJAF |
F-5E | Training | Khalid Yahia ejected |
[should this be an F-5F or were two aircraft involved??] |
Northrop | |||||||||
| 21st December 1992 |
RJAF |
F-5E | Training |
Hassan Al Qaisi ejected |
Northrop | ||||||||||
| 12th March 1993 |
RJAF |
Casa 101 |
Sakhir Al Karabsheh ejected |
Martin-Baker | |||||||||||
| 10th or 12th April 1993 |
RJAF |
Casa C-101 | 1157 CC04 |
No 11 Squadron |
ejected ? | IS THIS THE ABOVE ACCIDENT ??? | Martin-Baker | ||||||||
| August 3, 1993 |
RJAF |
Mirage F1 |
Lieutenant Mohammed Anwar Al Huneiti killed in accident |
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| 19th October 1994 |
RJAF |
Casa C-101 | 1163 CC04 |
No 11 Squadron |
Nasri Obeidat |
NOT SURE IF THIS WAS TWO AIRCRAFT |
Martin-Baker Mk.10 | ||||||||
| 19th October 1994 |
RJAF |
Casa C-101 | Training | Jaafar Daragmeh ejected | Martin-Baker Mk.10 | ||||||||||
| 24th February 1999 |
RJAF |
F5 |
Zaid Fawzi Abed Al Raheem ejected |
Northrop | |||||||||||
| December 28, 1994 |
RJAF |
Extra 300 |
Captain Bilal Abdel Majeed El Shreideh killed in accident |
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| July 26, 1997 |
RJAF |
Extra 300 (Belgium) |
Captain Omer Hani Belal killed in accident |
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| June 14, 1998 |
RJAF |
Hughes 500D |
Major Maher Turki Shreideh killed in accident |
Lieutenant Awni Mustafa Sha’bout killed in accident |
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| 24th February 1999 |
RJAF |
F-5 |
Lieutenant Colonel Naji Habashneh killed in accident |
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| Was the loss a two seat F-5B | |||||||||||||||
| 8th November 1999 |
RJAF |
Mirage F1 |
Rakan Nayef Al Ajrami ejected |
Martin-Baker | |||||||||||
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Tuesday 25th
July 2000 6 a.m. |
RJAF |
NC-130H Hercules |
348 C/N 4073 [64-14857] |
al-Mafraq air base | Technical problem during a training flight. Crashedafter take-off near the desert village of Dabaan, 30 miles east Amman |
Lieutenant Colonel Nawaf Abu Dari killed in accident |
Major (Nav) Ali Flayyeh Al Diki killed in accident |
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Captain Ahmad Tawfeq Zyoud killed in accident |
Lieutenant (Nav) Emad Mohammed Al Quran killed in accident |
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| All 14 soldiers on board were killed also seen as 4 RJAF (named in the above section) personnel & 6 Special Forces | |||||||||||||||
| Monday 13th November 2000 | Yemeni air force | Mi-17 helicopter | Dailami airbase, 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of Sanaa | Craining mission. Crashed near the capital in the Sabaha region, 40 kilometers west of Sanaa | two pilots, two airmen killed | ||||||||||
| Jordanian officer on board also killed | |||||||||||||||
| 27th March 2002 |
RJAF |
F-5E |
Lieutenant Ayyoub Yousef Ismair |
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| 1st September 2002 |
RJAF |
F-16A ADF |
61-353/M13-10 229 |
 No 2 Squadron |
Broke left main gear during landing. Aircraft ran off runway. |
Firas Masaedeh ejected at zero altitude |
ACES II | ||||||||
| The aircraft is now on a pedestal in front of the Base Commanders Headquarters at Muaffaq Al-Salti Air Base in Azraq.. | |||||||||||||||
| 1st September 2002 |
RJAF |
F-16 |
Firas Masaedeh ejected |
ACES II | |||||||||||
| 19th October 2003 |
RJAF |
Mirage F1C |
Major Mustafa Khalid Dwaihis killed in accident |
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Tuesday 21st October 2003 evening |
RJAF |
F-5F | crashed as a result of technical failure during night training exercise | ||||||||||||
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Lt Colonel Mallouh Abu Zeid [Malluh Saleh Awad Abu Zeid] killed in accident |
Lieutenant Malek Ghazi Sukhni [Flt.-Lt. Malik Ghazi Abdullah Alskhne] killed in accident |
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Wednesday 22nd October 2003 morning |
RJAF |
Mirage 5 | technical failure during training mission |
Maj.
Mustafa Bani Khalid
Alduehis Deumi killed |
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| 7th December 2003 |
RJAF |
Mirage F1 | Manhal Al Qudah | Martin-Baker | |||||||||||
| Firas Hamdan Masaeed | Martin-Baker | ||||||||||||||
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Were the Mirage F1 losses actually a two seat trainer ?? |
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| Wednesday 11th August 2004 |
RJAF |
Mirage F1BJ |
No 1 Squadron |
Crashed during training flight | Martin-Baker | ||||||||||
| Mohammed Waheed Taleb ejected | Mohammed Ahmad Husban ejected | Martin-Baker | |||||||||||||
| Tuesday 4th October 2005 09:15h |
RJAF |
Casa C-101 |
No 11 Squadron |
Two Royal Jordanian Air Force collided in mid-air during training, killing two pilots |
 Omar Ahmad Hassan KAF ejected, survived with serious injuries |
Martin-Baker | |||||||||
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Tuesday October 4, 2005 09:15h |
RJAF |
Casa 101 |
No 11 Squadron |
Colonel Ahmad Marji Al Lahem killed in accident |
Major Nouman Altaf Shaikh Hassan (PAF) killed |
Martin-Baker | |||||||||
| Confirmation of crew pairing needed | |||||||||||||||
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Monday 8th November 2004 evening |
RJAF |
Northrop F-5E | Crashed during a routine training mission. No cause yet given | Second Lieutenant Omar Ali Mahmud Bani Melhel killed | No ejection | ||||||||||
| Tuesday 25th April 2006 |
Jordanian Air Force |
Casa C101 CC |
325 |
No 11 Squadron |
Training Mission.
Technical Failure shortly after take off
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Pilot Cadet Mohammad Awaad al Sardieh [Sardi] ejected but was killed | Martin-Baker Mk10 | ||||||||
| 16th August 2006 |
RJAF |
Slingsby T-67 "Fire Fly | Khalid Mohammed Dheeb incurred various injuries | Trainee pilot, Mohammed Ahmed Hijris was killed | |||||||||||
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Wednesday 23rd May 2007 1100 a.m. (0800 GMT) |
RJAF |
Northrop F-5E |
Crashed
during a training sortie. Mechanical problems. Crashed during a
training exercise in Oman CONFIRM ? |
Lt. Saeed Mohammed al-Abbadi
ejected but did not survive |
Northrop | ||||||||||
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Wednesday 13th June 2007 |
RJAF |
Mirage F-1 | Technical fault | Pilot ejected OK | Martin-Baker | ||||||||||
| Monday 31st December 2007 / 1st January 2008 |
RJAF |
Cobra | Crashed during routine training flight |
Lieutenant Amjad
Mohamed Said Bdiyoi Alguenanoh killed |
Lieutenant Samir
Abdul Kader Vntol killed |
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Sunday 6th January 2008 noon |
RJAF |
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SA 2-37B Schweizer motorglider |
N 347 |
 No 14 Squadron |
Training mission. Crashed near capital when it nose-dived into a farm in the town of Ein al-Basha, 20 kilometers (14 miles) north of Amman |
Major Radwan Salem Mahmoud Ababneh killed |
Second Lieutenant Yazan Bassam Hanna
Arnaki killed |
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| January 2008 |
At the the time of the 20th April loss many news agencies reported that two F-16s had been lost in accidents during January 2008. These reports were erroneous and no such losses occurred. |
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| 6th April 2008 |
RJAF |
CASA 101 | Mafraq Air Base | Martin-Baker JD10LU | |||||||||||
| Ejected safely | Ejected safely | Martin-Baker JD10LU | |||||||||||||
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Sunday 20th April 2008 13:10 local time |
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Block 15 F-16A |
80-0582 |
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Crashed near Azraq during a routine training exercise. | Pilot Hamzah Samir Odeh Al-Abbadi killed |
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ACES II | |||||||
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Petra official
release |
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| Tuesday 10th March 2009 |
RJAF |
Casa C-101 | Crashed during training mission | Martin-Baker | |||||||||||
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Student pilot Abdullah Al-Manaseer ejected |
Instructor Pilot Captain Ali Al-Shoubaki ejected |
Martin-Baker | |||||||||||||
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Amman - Petra - military source said an official in the General Command of the
Armed Forces of Jordan said Tuesday afternoon during a routine training flight
in the training area has been one of our kind of Casa 101 developed a technical
snag. The two pilots were able to jump from the parachute and descended to the ground safely, praise God. |
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| Tuesday 2nd June 2009 |
RJAF |
Slingsby T-67 Firefly |
Did not recover from a spin (mechanical failure?) during training exercise. Crashed near Albuaidah (Irbid - northern capital Amman) | ||||||||||||
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Student pilot Ahmad Yasain Ma'aytah survived Injured taken to Al Hussain medical city (Amman) |
Maj. Sakher al-Kharabsheh killed |
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More details when available see also http://www.factjo.com/fullNews.aspx?id=8831 |
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To research |
PIPER PA28 ONE OF THE ROYAL JORDANIAN ACADEMY AIRPLANES CRASH AFTER TAKeOFF THE A/C STALLED AND SPIN TO THE Left PILOT ER 3 PPL WAS ONBORD ONE OF THEM WAS LADY PILOT OJAM 2006 |
| Acknowledgements |
Patricia Salti |
| SOURCES AND REFERENCES |
Official Royal Jordanian Air Force Website [1] Royal Jordanian Air Force via Col. Majed Ali Ayyad for RJAF Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Khair Ababneh [2} Fighters Over Israel by Lon Nordeen p.63 pub. Greenhill Books, London, 1990 isbn 1 - 85367-098-7 [3] Hawker Hunter - The Operational Record by Robert Jackson p.134-137 pub.Airlife, England, 1989 isbn 1 85310 048 X [4] "Israeli ACE" an article on Maj. Ran Ronen in Flypast Magazine by Shlomo Aloni, March 1997 p. 77 [see also [8] in this list] [5] Israeli Fighter Aces - The Definitive History by Peter Mersky p. 33 pub. Speciality Press Publishers and Wholesalers, North Branch MN, 1997 isbn 1-883809-15-0 lccc 95-72959 [6] Israel's Best Defense by Col. Eliezer "Cheetah" Cohen p.218 - 220 pub. Airlife, England, 1993 isbn 1 85310 484 1 [7] Born In Battle No.2 pub. Eshel-Dramit Ltd, Israel, 1978 p.29 [8] Personal testimony from Maj. Ran Ronen interview via phone 1997.
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