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Al Quwwat al Jawwiya as Sa'udiya
 

 

Chronological Listing
of
Royal Saudi Air Force
Ejections and Losses

(I am sure that there are several losses missing, especially Northrop F-5s, and some errors in the following list - if you can help in any way please contact me so that I can improve this page)
                 
4th September 1968
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Lightning 53K 53-690

Ex G-27-60
 C/N 95296

 BAe Warton production test
flight R. Saudi AF a/c for auto pilot stability checks. Control failure. crashed in the village of Pilling, Lancs, narrowly missing houses		 Mr. John J. Cockburn PTP ejected successfully 6 min 30 sec after t/o at 4.2k ft and 305 kn
{personal testimony]		 PHOTO TO BE ADDED Martin-Baker
3rd May 1970
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Lightning F.53 53-697
Ex G27-67
C/N 95304		   Crashed near Yemeni border during reconnaissance after being hit by ground fire pilot ?? ejected DETAILS APPRECIATED Martin-Baker
21st July 1976
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Northrop F-5B   Taif AFB        
Saudi Student pilot
killed		 Major Harry E.  Garrison
Instructor Pilot
USAF
killed		  
27th September 1976
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 794/040  610 6sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
27th September 1976
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 799/041
611		 6sq   repaired   DETAILS APPRECIATED  
1977
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Northrop F-F-5F   Taif, Saudi Arabia hit a cargo truck head-on     Northrop
killed killed Northrop
15th September 1980
Royal Saudi Air Force		 C-130     crashed near Medina airfield crew of five and 84 troops were killed    
1982
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Northrop F-F-5E   Taif, Saudi Arabia Stalled inverted at 1000 AGL doing a low level practice bomb run on a simulated SAM site Pilot Toworki ??
died in aircraft.
Full ejection did not initiate		   Northrop
1984
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Northrop F-5E   Taif, Saudi Arabia Hypoxia ?? Major Shaibe ??
ejected at mach 1+ around 45,000 feet.
Body found by a bedouin found him about three months later		   Northrop
1985
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Northrop F-5E   Taif, Saudi Arabia fire indication on #1 engine and shut off #2 at @ 1,000 AGL Pilot
ejected safely		   Northrop
?? ?? 1977
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Northrop F-5     Crash landed Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud  injured  
 

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 15 (AP) --A Saudi Arabian Air Force transport plane caught fire and plunged into the desert near Medina last night, killing all 89 soldiers and crew members aboard, the Defense Ministry said today. [ END OF FIRST PARAGRAPH ]
25th August 1982
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 731/008
1317 		13sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
1st February 1984
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 788
1308 		13sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
1st March 1988
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-5F   Taif crashed in northern Saudi Arabia. One killed (pilot ?), DETAILS APPRECIATED Northrop
one ejected safely DETAILS APPRECIATED Northrop
28th August 1988
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 808/044
511 		5sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
28th August 1989
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Tornado IDS 706

or

756

7 Squadron at Dahran crashed on approach pilot ejected DETAILS APPRECIATED Martin-Baker Mk.10A
navigator ejected DETAILS APPRECIATED Martin-Baker Mk.10A
20th January 1991
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Tornado IDS 765 DETAILS APPRECIATED ran out of fuel following a missed approach in weather.  pilot ejected and rescued DETAILS APPRECIATED Martin-Baker Mk.10A
navigator ejected and rescued DETAILS APPRECIATED Martin-Baker Mk.10A
FEEDBACK

The crew did indeed run out of fuel, which was said to be as a result of refusing to refuel from a USAF female tanker crew. The crew elected then to fly to an alternate base at lower altitude thus burning more fuel, ultimately running out a few kilometres short.
The aircraft remains were collected and put onto a flatbed for about two years when someone came up with the idea of making it into a gate guardian.
Aircraft 6DA765 is now mounted outside the main entrance to King Abdul Azziz Air Base, Dhahran Saudi Arabia.  

in email 3rd January 2009
13th February 1991
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-5E     Shot down by Iraqi AAA


DID THE RSAF
Lose another F-5 ?????

   DETAILS APPRECIATED  
14th February 1991
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 514
730/013  		 5sq DETAILS ??? pilot & his fate ??? DETAILS APPRECIATED  
22nd March 1991
Royal Saudi Air Force		 C-130 Hercules     crashed  while trying to land at Ras al-Mishab, Saudi air base, on the coast south of Khafji while landing in smoke-blackened skies      
 
           
Saudi Crew Member
killed		 Saudi Crew Member
killed		 Saudi Crew Member
killed		 Saudi Crew Member
killed		 Saudi Crew Member
killed		 Saudi Crew Member
killed
           
Ninety-two Senegalese soldiers, part of the multi-national force, killed. They were being flown back to their base after a visit to Mecca
Three survivors reported
13th April 1992
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Northrop F-5B     crashed 20km from Khamiss Mushayt ejected DETAILS APPRECIATED Northrop
ejected DETAILS APPRECIATED Northrop
18th July 1994
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Tornado
774  		 7sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
25th July 1994
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Tornado 763       DETAILS APPRECIATED  
14th December 1994
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 813/046 1322 13sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
5th September 1995
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Tornado ADV 704 7sq damaged   DETAILS APPRECIATED  
2nd July 1996
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C   1170/051
1327 		13sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
2nd July 1996
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C   1192/017
1332		 13sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
25th July 1997
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Hawk T65 2111 21sq damaged   DETAILS APPRECIATED  
25th July 1997
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Hawk T65A   7901   79sq damaged   DETAILS APPRECIATED  
25th September 1997
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 802/042 502   5sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
8th December 1997
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Tornado 7517 83sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
29th April 1998
Royal Saudi Air Force		 PC-9 4215
143  		 ??? engine fire Steve Wilkins ejected safely   Martin-Baker
26th September 1998
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Hawk T65A   8809 88sq repaired   DETAILS APPRECIATED  
8th November 1998
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Tornado ADV 2912 29sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
8th November 1998
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Tornado ADV 2916 29sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
30th April 1999
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 750/020
504		 5sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
2nd June 1999
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 739/016
1314 		13sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
1st September 1999
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Tornado 7501         DETAILS APPRECIATED  
31st October 1999
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 806/043 505 5sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
28th November 1999
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 716/009
503 		5sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
4th December 1999
Royal Saudi Air Force		 fighter         DETAILS APPRECIATED  
15th February 2000
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C           DETAILS APPRECIATED  
18th November 2000
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Tornado IDS 6610 66sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
Sunday 19th November 2000
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Cougar Helicopter     Crashed while it was trying to land, in bad weather, at Qassim airport in northern Saudi Arabia all seven people on board killed    
18th March 2001
9 o'clock
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Tornado     crashed due to a technical fault on a training mission in the Eastern Province Captain Nawaf bin Jijab bin Eidal-Otaibi   Killed
First Lieutenant Fayez bin Awadh bin Rajeh Al-Rouqi   Killed
Tuesday
28th June 2001 evening
Royal Saudi Air Force
Royal Air Force

 Tornado   technical failure Crashed in the southern part of the Kingdom during a night training exercise pilot ejected and rescued DETAILS APPRECIATED Martin-Baker Mk.10A
navigator ejected and rescued DETAILS APPRECIATED Martin-Baker Mk.10A
Can anyone confirm nationality of the crew ??
14th July 2001
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Tornado     King Abdul Aziz air base Technical fault during training exercise. Crashed southwest of air base      
Captain Saad bin Mohammad Al Mezhar
killed		 Co-Pilot Mohammad bin Abdul Rahman Hazmi Al Subaiea
killed		  
Wednesday 24th January 2001
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Mirage 2000

also seen as

Mirage F1CR

 WAS THE AIRCRAFT ROYAL SAUDI AF or FRENCH AF
??		 Prince Sultan Air Base in Alkharj in the Eastern Region  technical failure. Crashed 12 miles southeast of air base 80km south of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. French Air Force pilot
killed		    
November 2001
Royal Saudi Air Force		 military helicopter     Crashed during night training mission Pilot Captain Ghazi bin Ahmed Al-Asmari   killed
 Air Captain Saad bin Ali Al-Qarni   killed
Technical Chief Sergeant Faleh bin Muhammad Al-Aidi   killed
 1st January 2002
evening
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15S 1293/SA036
9211		 92sqn
King Abdel Aziz air base		 technical fault, on a night training mission when it crashed about 90 miles west of King Abdulaziz Airbase in the Eastern Province Pilot Major Fahd Abdullah Al-Zamel   Killed
Captain Terad Murayei Al-Shahrani   Killed
5th February 2002
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Hawk Mk. 65A 8803
Display Team - Saudi Arabia
 Green Falcons 		collided during a formation landing on approach to their home base of Tabuk  Captain Saleh bin Fateen Al-Harbi ejected minor injuries DETAILS APPRECIATED Martin-Baker
5th February 2002
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Hawk Mk. 65A 8804 Captain Muhammad bin Hassan Al-Zahrani,  ejected minor injuries DETAILS APPRECIATED Martin-Baker
18th May 2002
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Tornado CS 8313 83sq damaged   DETAILS APPRECIATED  
                 
 
A Saudi Air Force pilot, Major Mubarak Saad Al-Ghamdi, aged 37, and six Americans including a navy lieutenant commander died in Pensacola, Florida in an air collision. The United States Navy announced Saturday that coast guard and navy ships and helicopters have called off a search after two navy jets vanished over the Gulf of Mexico and the seven missing are presumed dead. "Extensive efforts in the search and rescue for the missing personnel were exhausted," the navy website reported, according to Arab News. Two T-39 Sabreliner jets, flown by two civilian contractor ...

Two T-39 Sabreliner jets, flown by two civilian contractor pilots, disappeared from radar last week some 40 miles south of Pensacola during a routine training mission. The seven were assigned to Training Squadron 86, part of Training Wing 6
31st March 2003
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 514   5sq damaged   DETAILS APPRECIATED  
 Wednesday 21st January 2004
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15S 9219 92sqn
King Abdel Aziz air base		 technical fault, ??? Pilot Sultan ibn Turki Al-Farem   Killed
WSO Nasser ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Rasheed   Killed
5th April 2004
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-5   No 10 Sqn or 17 Sqn
???
King Fahd Air Base in Taif		 Crashed during a training mission. The crash destroyed the plane Captain Badr bin Abdulrahman Al-Mobarak survived DID HE EJECT ?? Northrop
Saturday
15 May 2004
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Hawk T65 8801 88sqn
 King Faisal Airbase		 Crashed at King Faisal Airbase in Tabuk during a training exercise Captain Mishal bin Hammad Al-Hammad died   Killed
16th September 2004
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 1307 13sqn
King Abdel Aziz air base		 Crashed at air base during  joint exercise "Gulf Spears" with air forces from other member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council First Officer Mohammed Ahmad Al-Kubaiby   Killed
January 2005   F-15   King Abdul Aziz Air Base Crashed during a training mission at the base Pilot killed    
WSO killed    
Is this accident report from Arab Sources confused with the January 2004 crash ????
Sunday 24th July 2005
Royal Saudi AF		 Hawk Mk. 65A 88 sqn
Display Team - Saudi Arabia
                                                             file photo
8802 or 8809 had crew eject		 Ejected   Martin-Baker SA10B
Ejected   Martin-Baker SA10B
Sunday 24th July 2005
Royal Saudi AF		 Hawk Mk. 65A 8802 or 8809 88 sqn
Display Team - Saudi Arabia		 DETAILS APPRECIATED      
     
September 2005
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15S 5505 55sq     DETAILS APPRECIATED  
Wednesday 1st November 2006
9:30
Royal Saudi Air Force		 F-15C 792/039
1313		 13th squadron
King Abdel Aziz air base		 crashed in an eastern region of the kingdom in a zone for military training of King Abdel Aziz air base


"80 KILOMETER WEST OF KING ABDULAZIZ AIR BASE IN THE EASTERN SECTOR"

[SOURCES: KUNA; Saudi Arabian Media; Pakistan Defence Forum]

 pilot Captain Abdullah Abu thnain ejected safely ACES II
5th November 2006   F-15C 1311 13sq damaged      
9th November 2009
morning
Royal Saudi Air Force		 PC-9 122 Riyadh engine problems pilot
ejected		 ??
other crew involved
??		 Martin-Baker
Details need confirming
Sunday 15th November 2009
12:22
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Tornado IDS 483 7sqn
King Abdul Aziz Airbase		 Crashed in Jaishiya, 135 km from Dammam  in the desert along the Riyadh-Dammam Expressway during training exercise     Martin-Baker
pilot
ejected		 navigator
ejected		 Martin-Baker
                 
                 
                 
Date Unknown
Royal Saudi Air Force		 Saudi Strikemaster  Mk 80[?]  903   Photo of  crashed and burned aircraft with both ejection gun tubes extended. Looks like it has spun in and both crew got out. Who they were, when, where & whether or not successful
No Further Information		     Martin-Baker
    Martin-Baker
                 
 
 

 

Acknowledgements

Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (Washington DC)
Middle East News
Saudi Arabian Media
Pakistan Defence Forum
John Cockburn
British Aerospace
AFM
Scramble.nl
Flight International (various Issues)
 Aerobatic Display Teams S.I.G. of the IPMS(UK)
Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)
 

References

To be added later