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Chronological Listing of Ugandan |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat | |||||||||||
| 4 July 1976 |
 Ugandan AF |
MiG-17s | "Kadur ha'Ra'am" Raid on Entebbe Airport by Israeli Forces destroyed about 11 Migs thought to be MiG-17s on the ground | No Ejections | |||||||||||||||
| 25th January 1976 |
Ugandan AF |
MiG-21 |
Taking part in a display at Entebbe. Crashed in Lake Victoria during the demonstration |
Pilot killed | |||||||||||||||
| 11th October 1978 |
Ugandan AF |
MiG-17F | Shot down by SA-7 during an attack on Tanzanian territory | ||||||||||||||||
| 28th October 1978 |
Ugandan AF |
MiG-17 | Shot down by an SA-7 near Bukoba | ||||||||||||||||
| This is quoted as the first Ugandan loss. Check reference to loss on 11th October | |||||||||||||||||||
| 28th October 1978 |
Ugandan AF |
MiG-17 | Lost attacking a bridge near Kyaka | ||||||||||||||||
| April 1979 |
Ugandan AF |
MiG-17F | About three MiGs were destroyed at Entebbe Airport by attacking Tanzanian Forces | No ejections | |||||||||||||||
| 7 April 1979 |
Ugandan AF |
C-130H of Libyan Air Force |
serial 116 | shot down by an RPG-7 round during take-off from Entebbe by Tanzanian troops | |||||||||||||||
| May 1979 |
Ugandan AF |
MiG-17 | Shot down by Tanzanian Forces | ||||||||||||||||
| May 1979 |
Ugandan AF |
MiG-17 | Shot down by Tanzanian Forces | ||||||||||||||||
| May 1979 |
Ugandan AF |
MiG-21MF | Shot down by Tanzanian Forces | ||||||||||||||||
| May 1979 |
Ugandan AF |
MiGs |
An unknown quantity of Ugandan MiG-17
and MiG-21s were destroyed on the ground at the airfields at Gulu and
Nakasangola by Tanzanian Forces. Three Mig-17s and several MiG-21s were captured and taken to Tanzania. Four MiG-21s were also dumped at a local scrap yard |
No Ejections | |||||||||||||||
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Friday 25th September 1998 11:15 |
Ugandan AF |
Crashed at Kisomoro, 25km from Fort Portal in the Ruwenzori mountains, western Uganda |
At least 10 on board 4 known to have survived DETAILS APPRECIATED |
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| 15th July 1999 |
Ugandan AF |
MiG-21 (ex Polish MiG-21 bis) |
Pilot killed in crash | ||||||||||||||||
| October 2002 |
Ugandan AF |
MiG-21 | Reported as shot down by LRA rebels in Northern Uganda | ||||||||||||||||
| Details are uncertain to this loss, if it was a loss. Reported in the Monitor Newspaper but later the journalist was charged with filing a false report | |||||||||||||||||||
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Tuesday 15th July 2003 morning |
Ugandan AF |
MiG-21 | Crashed into Lake Victoria about 15 km from Entebbe International Airport, shortly aftertake off |
Un-named Russian Pilot killed |
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| Friday ?? July 2005 |
Ugandan AF |
Mi-172 Ugandan presidential Helicopter |
Crashed into a mountain range
in southern Sudan because of poor visibility President of Southern Sudan, Dr John Garang was amongst the fatalities |
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| Dr. John Garang DeMabior, six of his colleagues and seven Ugandan crew members | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19th June 2006 |
Ugandan AF |
Tecnam P-92 aerial surveillance plane |
Crashed into Lake Victoria near Buvvu Island, 20km southwest of Entebbe airport during a military exercise | ||||||||||||||||
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Capt. Yotam [Israeli] |
co- pilot Anatoli [Russia] |
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| rescued by a UPDF helicopter | |||||||||||||||||||
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Wednesday 24th December 2008 10:00 GMT |
Ugandan AF |
MiG-21bis Fishbed-L |
Crashed one-and-a-half kilometres from Isiro airport, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. |
Lt. John Bosco Opio Okorom killed |
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Ugandan spokesperson said the plane was on a training flight, a local source the the aircraft was lost during military operations against Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) |
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| Monday 21st November 2011 |
Uganda People's Defence Forces Air Wing UPDF |
?? Four Seat Aircraft |
Crash landed at Entebbe Air Base | Both crew and passengers egressed safely | |||||||||||||||
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Acknowledgements & Sources |
Tom Cooper |
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Recommended Sources |
"AFRICAN MiGs; MiGs and Sukhois in Service in Sub Saharan Africa" by Tom Cooper, SHI Publications 2004 (ISBN: 3-200-00088-0) |
page updated Monday, 21 November 2011 23:20
