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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
July 28, 1964
RJAF
Hunter       Lieutenant Amer Ahmed Zaza ejected - killed   Martin-Baker
13th June 1965
RJAF
Hunter       Ghazi Smadi    Martin-Baker

Sunday, 13th November 1966


RJAF

Hunter

  King Hussein Air Base near the shore of the Dead Sea 1st Lieutenant Muwaffaq Salti ejected - killed Martin-Baker
8th May 1967
RJAF
F-104A     Training Mohammed Shiab ejected OK   Lockheed C-2
June 5, 1967
RJAF
Hunter     Attacked by an IDF aircraft over Jordan on the first day of the war. Captain Wasfi Ammari ejected - broke his back   Martin-Baker
May 26, 1970
RJAF
T37 (Pakistan)       Mamoun Abu Nowar   Weber
September, 1970
RJAF
Hunter       Samir Shorafa   Martin-Baker
6th June 1971
RJAF
F-104A     is this the accident mentioned below ?? Mohammed Atmeh ejected    Lockheed C-2
16th July 1974
RJAF
F-104A     Training Ahmad Azzam  ejected OK    
16th December 1974
RJAF
F-104A     is this the above accident ???     Lockheed C-2
23rd January 1977
RJAF
 T-37         Weber
Hussein Al Biss ejected
(now Major General)
Jamal Obeidat
ejected
Weber
17th October 1977
RJAF
 F-5B   Training ??       Martin-Baker
Abdullah Fanatsa ejected Nawaf Mohammed El Deeb killed  
20th December 1978
RJAF
 F-5B      Training Anwar Khateeb Ejected OK   Martin-Baker
Ejected OK   Martin-Baker
20th December 1978
RJAF
 F-5B      Training Talal Abu Gamar EjectedOK   Martin-Baker
Akram Abu Saif Ejected OK   Martin-Baker
October 3, 1981
RJAF
Mirage F1 (France)     

   

 

Daher Rawashdeh   Martin-Baker
October 16, 1988
RJAF
Mirage F1       Afeef Khaled   Martin-Baker
28th February 1990
RJAF
Casa C-101  1165 CC04 11 Squadron       Martin-Baker Mk.10
March 26, 1991
RJAF
F5       Malik Habahbeh   Northrop
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
March 12, 1993
RJAF
Casa 101       Sakhir Al Karabsheh   Martin-Baker
10th or 12th April 1993
RJAF
Casa C-101 1157 CC04 11 Squadron   ejected ? IS THIS THE ABOVE ACCIDENT ??? Martin-Baker
19th October 1994
RJAF
Casa C-101 1163 CC04 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   Northrop
8th November  1999
RJAF
Mirage F1       Rakan Nayef Al Ajrami    Martin-Baker
27th March 2002
RJAF
F-5E      

Lieutenant Ayyoub Yousef Ismair
killed

   
1st September 2002
RJAF
F-16A ADF 61-353/M13-10
 
229
2sq 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..
Sunday
21st October  2003

RJAF
F-5F     crashed as a result of technical failure Lt Colonel Mallouh Abu Zeid
killed
   
Lieutenant Malek Ghazi Sukhni
killed
   
   
7th December 2003
RJAF
Mirage F1       Manhal Al Qudah   Martin-Baker
Firas Hamdan Masaeed   Martin-Baker
11th August 2004
RJAF
Mirage F1BJ   1sq   Mohammed Waheed Taleb ejected   Martin-Baker
Mohammed Ahmad Husban ejected   Martin-Baker
Monday 8th November 2004
evening

RJAF
Northrop F-5     Crashed during a routine training mission. No cause yet given Second Lieutenant Omar Ali Mahmud Bani Melhel killed   No ejection
Tuesday 4th October 2005 09:15h
RJAF
Casa 101 trainers    11sq Two Royal Jordanian Air Force collided in mid-air during training, killing two pilots

Two killed, a third, pilot Omar Ahmad Hassan (KAF) ejected, survived with serious injuries

Martin-Baker Mk10
Tuesday 4th October 2005 09:15h
RJAF
Casa 101 trainers    
25th April 2006
RJAF
Casa 101   11sq   Mohammed Awaad Al Sardi ejected but was killed                  Martin-Baker Mk10
16th August 2006
RJAF
Slingsby T-67 Firefly "Fire Fly       Khalid Mohammed Dheeb incurred various injuries Trainee pilot, Mohammed Ahmed Hijris was killed  
Wednesday
23rd May 2007
1100 a.m. (0800 GMT)

RJAF
Northrop F-5     Mechanical problems. Crashed during a training exercise Lt. Saeed Mohammed al-Abbadi t ejected but did not survive   Northrop
Wednesday
13th June 2007

RJAF
Mirage F-1     Technical fault Pilot ejected OK   Martin-Baker
Monday 31st December 2007
RJAF
Helicopter     routine training mission Two killed    
Sunday
6th January 2008
noon

RJAF
SA 2-37B
Schweizer motorglider
N 347 14sq 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
 
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.

Sunday 20th April 2008
13:10 local time


RJAF

Block 15
F-16A
 80-0582

 

Crashed during a routine training exercise Pilot Hamzah Samir Odeh Al-Abbadi killed ACES II
 

Petra official release
Amman, April 20, (Petra) A military pilot was killed when his military aircraft F-16  and crashed on Sunday afternoon, a military source stated Sunday.
Pilot Hamzah Samir Odeh Al-Abbadi was killed when the plane crashed at 1:15 pm while conducting a routine training flight in an area specialized for training, the source said.

6th April 2008
RJAF
CASA 101     Mafraq Air Base     Martin-Baker JD10LU
Ejected safely Ejected safely Martin-Baker JD10LU
                 

                                    

SOURCES AND REFERENCES

[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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