Jordan

List being compiled

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
23rd January 1977	RJAF	*T-37*				Hussein Al Biss ejected (now Major General)	Jamal Obeidat ejected	Weber
17th October 1977	RJAF	*F-5B*		Training ??				Martin-Baker
17th October 1977	RJAF	*F-5B*		Training ??		Abdullah Fanatsa ejected	Nawaf Mohammed El Deeb killed
20th December 1978	RJAF	*F-5B*			Training	Anwar Khateeb Ejected OK		Martin-Baker
20th December 1978	RJAF	*F-5B*			Training	Ejected OK		Martin-Baker
20th December 1978	RJAF	*F-5B*			Training	Talal Abu Gamar EjectedOK		Martin-Baker
20th December 1978	RJAF	*F-5B*			Training	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	NOT SURE IF THIS WAS TWO AIRCRAFT	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-16*A 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
1st September 2002	RJAF	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
Sunday 21st October 2003	RJAF	F-5F			crashed as a result of technical failure	Lieutenant Malek Ghazi Sukhni killed

7th December 2003	RJAF	Mirage F1				Manhal Al Qudah		Martin-Baker
7th December 2003	RJAF	Mirage F1				Firas Hamdan Masaeed		Martin-Baker
11th August 2004	RJAF	Mirage F1BJ		1sq		Mohammed Waheed Taleb ejected		Martin-Baker
11th August 2004	RJAF	Mirage F1BJ		1sq		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		11sq
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
Sunday 6th January 2008 noon	RJAF	SA 2-37B Schweizer motorglider	N 347	14sq		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
6th April 2008	RJAF	CASA 101			Mafraq Air Base	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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