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  Chronological Listing of Yemen Air Force
DRAFT LIST
ALL ENTRIES NEED CONFIRMATION
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 ??            
18th August 1998
Yemen Air Force		 MiG            
25th August 1999
Yemen Air Force		 helicopter     Technical failure.  all 17 people on board killed    
     
Brig Ahmed Faraj
Deputy Chief of Staff for planning		 Col Mohammed Ahmed Ismail
commander of the eastern military sector		 Col Awad Mohammed el-Sanidar
a senior armaments officer
16th November 1999
Yemen Air Force		 MiG-21U            
18th April 2001
Yemen Air Force		 F-5E              
Saturday
22nd February 2002
Yemen Air Force		 helicopter     Crashed during a flight over the Red Sea in western Yemen eight officers and soldiers killed, 4 others injured    
2nd April 2003
Yemen Air Force		 Aero L-39 Albatros            
     
16th January 2005
Yemen Air Force		 MiG-21            
3rd April 2005
Yemen Air Force		 F-5E            
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		    
Wednesday
27th April 2005 ?
Yemen Air Force		 ??     Yemeni Pilot ?/
killed		    
 3rd or Tuesday 5th July 2005
Yemen Air Force		 MiG-29UB ? ? Engine malfunction. Aircraft caught fire. Crashed north of capital near Amran, Yemen Mohammed Thabet Dareem
 ejected		   K-36
28th August 2005
Yemen Air Force		 MiG-21 67 Av          
Sunday 28th August
OR
4th September ?? 2005
morning
Yemen Air Force		 MiG-29              
7th March 2007
Yemen Air Force		 MIG-29     Emergency crash landing on an unpaved runway in Saada, some 230 kilometres north
of the capital Sana'a, Burst into flames on ground		 Pilot sustained some injuries but escaped from crashed aircraft   no ejection
7th March 2007
Yemen Air Force		 MIG-29     Pilot sustained some injuries but escaped from crashed aircraft   no ejection
                 
                 

Acknowledgements & Sources

Flight International (various issues)
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