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Chronological Listing of Yemen Air Force |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat | |||||
| March 1987 |
 Yemen Air Force |
Su-22 | |||||||||||
| March 1987 |
Yemen Air Force |
Su-22 | |||||||||||
| December 1988 |
Yemen Air Force |
MiG-21 | |||||||||||
| June 1989 |
Yemen Air Force |
MiG-21 | |||||||||||
| January 1990 |
Yemen Air Force |
MiG-21 | |||||||||||
| April 1990 |
Yemen Air Force |
Su-22 | |||||||||||
| 8th August 1993 |
Yemen Air Force |
MiG-21 | |||||||||||
| 8th August 1993 |
Yemen Air Force |
MiG-21 | |||||||||||
| 2nd May 1994 |
 South Yemen Air Force |
MiG-21F | |||||||||||
| 5th May 1994 |
 North Yemen Air Force |
FIGHTER ?? | |||||||||||
| 5th May 1994 |
South Yemen Air Force |
FIGHTER ?? | |||||||||||
| 6th May 1994 |
South Yemen Air Force |
FIGHTER ?? | |||||||||||
| 7th May 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
??? | |||||||||||
| 7th May 1994 |
South Yemen Air Force |
FIGHTER ?? | |||||||||||
| 9th May 1994 |
South Yemen Air Force |
Fitter | |||||||||||
| 11th May |
North Yemen Air Force |
??? | |||||||||||
| 12th May 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
FIGHTER ?? | |||||||||||
| 13th May 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
FIGHTER ?? | |||||||||||
| 19th May 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
FIGHTER ?? | |||||||||||
| 22nd May 1994 |
South Yemen Air Force |
MiG-21 | |||||||||||
| 24th May 1994 |
South Yemen Air Force |
MiG-21 | |||||||||||
| 28th May 1994 |
South Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| 28th May 1994 |
South Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| 29th May 1994 |
South Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| 1st June 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| 5th June 1994 |
South Yemen Air Force |
Il-?? | |||||||||||
| 5th June 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| 6th June 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| 7th June 1994 |
South Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| 8th June 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| 9th June 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| 11th June 1994 |
South Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| 22nd June 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
MiG-21 | |||||||||||
| 23rd June 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| 25th June 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| 28th June 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| 29th June 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| 3rd July 1994 |
North Yemen Air Force |
Type ?? | |||||||||||
| Tuesday 23rd August 1994 |
Yemen Air Force |
Su-?? fighter bomber |
Training flight. Crashed while making an emergency landing near the border with Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||
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Pilot OK |
Instructor OK |
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| 18th August 1998 |
Yemen Air Force |
MiG | |||||||||||
| 25th August 1999 |
 Yemen Air Force |
helicopter | Technical failure. | all 17 people on board killed | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
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Saturday 22nd February 2003 |
Yemen Air Force |
helicopter | Crashed during a flight over the Red Sea in western Yemen near the island of Hanish due to a technical fault | eight officers and soldiers killed, 4 others injured | |||||||||
| 2nd April 2003 |
Yemen Air Force |
Aero L-39 Albatros | |||||||||||
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Wednesday 27th April 2005 ? |
Yemen Air Force |
?? |
Mid-Air Collision Crashed during military training at the Al-Anad Airbase 30 kilometers north of Aden |
 Syrian pilot killed |
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Wednesday 27th April 2005 ? |
Yemen Air Force |
?? |
Yemeni Pilot ?/ killed |
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| Tuesday 3rd or 5th July 2005 |
Yemen Air Force |
MiG-29UB | ? | ? | Engine malfunction. Aircraft caught fire. Crashed north of capital near Amran, Yemen |
Mohammed Thabet Dareem ejected |
 Zvezda K-36 |
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Sunday 28th August 2005 morning |
Yemen Air Force |
MiG-29 | Crashed in Doha during routine training 60 miles north of the city of Al-Hodeidah |
Mohammed Al-Qarari 28 killed |
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| ?? October 2009 |
Yemen |
Fighter | Claim. Lost during campaign against Houthi fighters | ||||||||||
| ?? October 2009 |
Yemen |
Fighter | Claim. Lost during campaign against Houthi fighters | ||||||||||
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Sunday 8th November 2009 |
Yemen |
Sukhoi | Claimed shot down by Houthi fighters in north-western Yemen in the mountainous Razih district on the border with Saudi Arabia |
Pilot ejected |
Zvezda K-36 |
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| Yemeni military said the plane crashed due to technical problems. | |||||||||||||
| Note | This is the third time Yemen has lost an air force fighter jet in Saada since the army began its latest offensive on the Houthi fighters on August 11 | ||||||||||||
| Wednesday 13th January 2010 |
Yemen |
L-39 | Alanad military base | Training flight. Crashed in Al-Buraika district in the area of Salah al-Din, west of the port city of Aden | VS-1 | ||||||||
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Pilot survived OK |
OK ?? | VS-1 | |||||||||||
Wednesday
28th September 2011 |
Y Yemeni Air Force [al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Yamaniya] |
Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter | Hit by AAA near the tribal area of Arhab. Crashed northeast of capital Sanaa in the village of Beit Azar |
Pilot ejected captured |
Zvezda K-36 |
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Acknowledgements & Sources |
Flight International (various issues) |
