I
noticed that on your ejection site, you list a T-37 crash on 18 Jan
2005. You have listed, "80th Flying
Training Wing
Laughlin AFB
Crew from Sheppard Air Force Base," but really both the crew and jet
were from the 80th FTW - no ties to Laughlin (even though the
af.mil image shows a jet from Laughlin).
Under unit/serial, you have "???/XL," which should be "80th FTW/EN"
since EN is the tailcode for Sheppard.
I really enjoyed your site! Keep up the great work.
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| Tuesday, 4th January 2005 |
IAF |
MiG 21 Type 75, | Nal Air Base | crashed in a farm at Inda village, 20 km from Bikaner, soon after taking off on a routine sortie from the Nal air base near, Bikaner in Rajasthan | Sqn Ldr. S. Kaila, ejected safely |
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KM-1 | |
| Tuesday 18th January 2005 |
USAF |
T-37 |
??? EN |
80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard AFB Crew from Sheppard Air Force Base |
midair collision in hazy
conditions with crop-duster south western Oklahoma near the town of Frederick. |
instructor pilot Capt. Christopher Otis ejected |
Weber | |
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student pilot 2nd Lt. Roderick James ejected |
Weber | |||||||
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Friday,
21st January 2005 10:00h |
RAAF |
PC/9-A | Roulette Five |
RAAF Roulettes
display team SALE RAAF AFB |
collided near the East Sale RAAF with another Pilatus PC/9-A piloted by Flight-Lieutenant Mark Ellis | Flight Lieutenant Roland “Arnie” Morscheck ejected at only 300 ft |
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Martin-Baker AU11A |
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29th January 2005 6:30 p.m., Japan Standard Time |
USN |
F/A-18F |
(VFA) 102 USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Atsugi, Japan |
in an accident on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, approximately 100 miles southeast of Yokosuka, Japan |
![]() Pilot, Lt. j.g. Jon Vanbragt |
![]() Lt. Cmdr. Markus Gudmundsson |
Martin-Baker NACES |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
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18th March 2005 08:34 |
USAF |
F-16D Block 52P |
92-3927 'WA' |
16 WS | Crashed at the end of the runway during landing at Nellis AFB | pilot ejected safely | ACES II | |
| 23rd March 2005 | T.45 | Martin-Baker NACES | ||||||
| 23rd March 2005 |
Venezuela A.F. |
Tucano | Venezuela | ejected |
Martin-Baker BR8LC |
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| ejected |
Martin-Baker BR8LC |
The pilot ejected safely and was flown back to the base. He and the aircraft are assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron.
A board of officers will investigate the accident.
Preliminary report on mig-21 Lancer crash - Chief of Air Force Staff accepted the preliminary report on MIG-......G-21 Lancer crash - Chief of Air Force Staff accepted the preliminary report on mig-21 Lancer/86th Airbase crash on 8th March 2005. Report findings are as follows:
| 3-18-05 | AP cretin
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.
(AP) - An Air Force pilot ejected safely moments before his F-16 crashed Friday
just short of the runway at Nellis Air Force Base. The pilot, who was not
identified, was taken to Mike O'Callaghan Federal Hospital, where he was being
evaluated and treated for minor scratches. Military officials said the
pilot has been an instructor since December 2004 at the U.S. Air Force Weapons
School at Nellis. The pilot had logged 1,500 hours in the F-16, of which 30
hours came during combat, Capt. Steve Rolenc said. The roughly $20 million
aircraft was assigned...
| 4th April 2005 |
UAE |
Mirage 2000-9 | Istres, France | ejected |
Martin-Baker F10QA |
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| ejected |
Martin-Baker F10QA |
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| Tuesday 5th April 2005 |
Kuwait |
Hawk MK 63 | ALI-AL-SALEM AB Kuwait | Aircraft was on approach when the engine flamed out, Ali Al Salem, Kuwait | ejected but hard landing | Martin-Baker KT10B | ||
| ejected but hard landing |
Martin-Baker KT10B |
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Monday 18th April 2005 |
USAF |
F-16D |
91-0469 |
20th Fighter Wing, Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, SC | crashed five nautical miles southeast of Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, in an unpopulated marsh adjacent to the Ashley Rive |
Maj. Steve Granger - OK
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ACES II |
| Lt. Col. Maurice Salcedo - OK | ACES II | |||||||
| Wednesday 21st April 2005 |
Thai |
F-5B |
? |
Wing 7 airfield, Surat Thani , Thailand | Ban Sri Praiwan village about 5km south of the Surat Thani airfield Phunphin district, Thailand |
Wing Cdr
Somchai Padphai ejected - killed F/O Arun Lalaeng remained in co-pilot's seat - killed in crash |
? ? |
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Friday 29th April 2005 3:30pm local time |
Vietnamese |
L-39 Albratros training aircraft |
? |
Vietnam Air Force Academy, Nha Trang |
engine failure - in the sea near Hon Tre island in central Vietnam |
One pilot ejected - slightly injured |
VRB |
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Other a Lt. Col. did not eject - killed - body recovered |
VRB |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| Tuesday 3rd May 2005 | F-18 | Martin-Baker NACES | ||||||
| Martin-Baker NACES | ||||||||
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Tuesday 3rd May 2005 12:00 approx |
Israeli Defence Force / Air Force |
F-16D | possibly 041 | 109 Sqn Ramat David | Nose wheel collapse runway - Ramat David, Israel |
Pilot - ejected OK Navigator - ejected OK |
ACES II ACES II |
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Wednesday 11th May 2005
in afternoon |
Hungarian Air Force |
MiG-29 | Hungary | Kecskemét, Hungary |
Capt. Zoltán Szabó ejected OK |
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K-36 |
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| Wednesday 11th May 2005 |
USN |
T-45 | Naval Air Station Kingsville | Approx 1 mile northwest of NAS Kingsville, South Texas |
Major Gabriel Fabri ejected OK |
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Martin-Baker NACES | |
| Saturday 21st May 2005 |
Russian Air Force |
Su-25 | Russian Air Base, Dushanbe Airport, Tajikistan | 25 kilometres from Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
Major Vadim Pryadchenko ejected OK |
K-36 | ||
| Monday 30th May 2005 |
Spanish Air Force |
Mirage F-1M | C.14-01 142Sqn/Ala14 |
(Multi-national operation "Elite" electronic warfare) Germany |
Caught fire shortly after take-off. Crashed near Nueburg-an-der-Donau, Bavaria, Southern Germany |
Pilot Ricardo Vidal Diez ejected safely minor injuries |
Martin-Baker Mk O6A | |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| Wednesday 1st June 2005 9:30 am |
Swedish |
JAS-39A Gripen | 39184 |
17th Wing Sweden |
40 kilometres south of Karlskrona in Hanö, Sweden | Pilot Axel Nilsson ejected - OK | Martin-Baker Mk.S10LS | |
| Wednesday 1st June 2005 00:44 h |
Russian A. F. |
MiG-31 Foxhound | ? | Khatilovo, Russia |
Landing accident both engines
caught fire,
Khatilovo air field in the Tver region. Crew ejected at zero altitude and sustained multiple injuries and both were hospitalised |
Major Oleg Zabolotny |
K-36
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| Captain Aleksandr Abushenkov | K-36 | |||||||
| Tuesday 7th June 2005 12:00 h |
Bangla-Deshi Air Force |
Jian F-7 MB | ? |
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Flight Lieutenant
Ahsanul Kabir ejected - sustained serious burn injuries - parachute caught on
electric pole - civilian casualties included one dead and four injured on
ground [Flight Lt Ahsan] |
Martin-Baker Mk 10L |
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| Kurmitola Airfield | routine training mission - aircraft caught fire - crashed in Faidabad area of Uttara, Dhaka, Bangla-Desh | |||||||
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Wednesday 15th June 2005
14:30 h |
USMC |
AV-8B Harrier | Marine Attack Squadron 513, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona | landing at Marine Corps Air Station-Yuma, Arizona USA | Pilot ejected OK | Stencel | ||
| 22nd June 2005 |
Turkish Air Force |
F-4E Phantom | Malatya-Erhac. | Technical fault during sortie.Crashed at Dogansehir, near Malatya | Pilot ejected OK | Martin-Baker | ||
| Rio ejected OK | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| Tuesday 28th June 2005 afternoon |
USAF |
Block 30
F-16 |
87-0337 | 120th "Colorado Cougar" FS -140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard | Lamar Municipal Airport., Colorado, USA | Major Julian Clay ejected during emergency landing. Sustained bruises and a sprained ankle |
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| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| Sunday 3rd July 2005 |
Yemeni |
MiG-29 | ? | ? | north of capital near Emran, Yemen | Mohammed Thabet Dareem ejected after engine malfunction | K-36 | |
| Monday 4th July 2005 |
South African Air Force |
Impala Mk2 | ? | 85 Combat Flying School, based at Hoedspruit. | Navigational Exercise flight, crashed shortly after take-off having hitting two vultures | Student Pilot Captain Colin Sparkle ejected at 600ft suffered some scratches and bruises | Martin-Baker Mk O6A | |
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Tuesday 5th July 2005 10:00h |
Greek Air Force |
A-7H Corsair II |
159963 H.57 |
HAF/336 MV 116th Combat Wing at Araxos airbase, (Andravida airbase) |
10 miles north of Sperheiada, Makrokomi region | Second Lieutenant Nikolaos Danias ejected safely and was taken to Lamia hospital and then to the 251 Air Force hospital |
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Escapac |
| Thursday 14th July 2005 6:10 p.m. |
USMC |
AV-8B Harrier | ? |
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing VMA-542 Cherry Point Air Station |
Plane crashed unpopulated in forest near Pamlico Sound, about 15 miles east of Bayboro | Pilot Capt. J. Tye Bachmann ejected suffered minor injuries and was treated and released from Halyburton Naval Hospital | Stencel | |
| Monday 18th July 2005 |
USN |
F/A-18E Super Hornet | ? |
VFA-122 Lemoore Naval Air Station |
Midair collision with F/A-18F - crash site in the Mojave Desert | Lt. Bruce L. Clark ejected but was killed. |
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Monday 18th July 2005 11:29 a.m. |
USN |
F/A-18F Super Hornet | ? | VFA-122 Lemoore Naval Air Station | Midair collision with F/A-18E crash site in the Mojave Desert |
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Martin-Baker NACES |
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| (VFA) 14 | Lt. John Bonenfant ejected sustained injuries | Lt. Noel Sawatzky ejected sustained injuries |
Martin-Baker NACES |
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Thursday 21st July 2005 16:00h |
Angolan Air Force |
MiG-23MF Flogger |
C-424 | Lubango, | Lubango, Huíla province | Major Aniceto Tomás António Cardoso ejected, minor injuries | KM-1 | |
| Sunday 24th July 2005 |
Royal Saudi AF |
Hawk |
![]() file photo Display Team - Saudi Arabia |
Ejected | Martin-Baker SA10B | |||
| Ejected | Martin-Baker SA10B | |||||||
| 27th July 2005 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage | ? | Crashed at Basai, 50 miles southwest of Islamabad | Pilot ejected |
Martin-Baker PRM4 |
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on 9 May
Tver region on 12 May in 11:51 Moscow time
8 June 2005 Major Valerie Gusev MiG-29 Tver region
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| Tuesday 16th August 2005 08:40a.m. |
RCAF |
CF-18 | 188745 | 425 Alouette Tactical Fighter Squadron | 100 kilometers North-East of 3 Wing Bagotville, Northern Quebec, Canada | Pilot ejected found safe in a forested area |
Martin-Baker SJU-9/A |
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| Wednesday 24th August 2005 |
Argentinian Air Force |
A-4AR | ? | Grupo 5 de Caza | near cercanias [?] of River IV province of Cordova |
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Douglas | |
| Wednesday 24th August 2005 |
RCAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
114120 No. 8 in team |
![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
in Thunder Bay in north western Ontario while on route to airshow | Captain Andrew "Andy" Mackay |
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Weber CL.41 |
| Thursday 25th August 2005 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage | plane was on a routine training mission, crashed at an abandoned place in Badin village, 170 (105 miles) east of Karachi, an Air Force official said. | not yet named | Martin-Baker Mk.6 |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | seat | photo |
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Monday 5th September 2005 16:27 (Moscow Time) 12:27 GMT |
Russian Navy |
Su-33 | Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov | cable broke on landing - aircraft went into the water and sank to 1,100 metres | Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Korneyev ejected - rescued from the water by a Ka-27 rescue helicopter five minutes later, uninjured |
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K-36 | |
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Thursday 15th September 2005 16:00h |
Russian Air Force |
Su-27 Flanker |
Navigational
problem - violated Lithuanian Air Space. Ran out of fuel at 4p.m. Crashed in a field 55 kilometers (about 35 miles) north of Kaunas, Lithuania |
Major Valery
Troyanov ejected safely Arrested for violation of Lithuanian air space |
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K-36 | ||
| Tuesday 20th September 2005 |
Russian Air Force |
L-39 Albatross Trainer | no further details | VRB | ||||
| Wednesday 21st September 2005 |
USN |
S-3B Viking |
VS-32 |
crashed near Jacksonville Naval Air Station in a rainstorm while the area was being battered by storms on the outer bands of Hurricane Rita - - - - there were reports that two parachutes were seen later |
ejection by the two crew
Lt. Cmdr. Thomas E. Blake Lt. Cmdr. T. Bracher has not been confirmed - both were killed |
![]() Lt. Cmdr. Thomas E. Blake |
![]() Lt. Cmdr. T. Bracher USN Photos |
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| Monday 26th September 2005 |
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AERO LAUNCHED TESTS OF UPGRADED VS-2 EJECTION SEATOn September 26, AERO launched the first of a series of demanding engineering tests of a new, largely upgraded version of the Czech VS-2 ejection seat, which is developed for AERO advanced light combat and training aircraft. Rescue capability in critical modes, such as static aircraft on the ground used this time, were confirmed. The tests represent a climax in the three-year engineering project of AERO Vodochody a.s. and the Aeronautical Research and Test Institute of the Czech Republic (VZLÚ). The grant project was supported by the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade. photo J. Kouba VZLU |
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| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| Tuesday 4th October 2005 09:15h |
RJAF |
Casa trainers | Two Royal Jordanian Air Force collided in mid-air during training, killing two pilots |
Two killed, a third survived with serious injuries -
name not released in line with military
regulations.
possible ejection - not yet confirmed - |
Martin-Baker Mk10 | |||
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Friday 7th October 2005 08:30h |
IAF |
Jaguar | Gwalior airbase | Routine training mission. Crashed at the Gwalior airfield in Madhya Pradesh | Squadron Leader Vishal Gupta ejected safely | Martin-Baker IN9B | ||
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Tuesday 11th October 2005 15:30h local |
Polish Air Force |
Iskra training aircraft | crashed today near the central town of Belchatow |
The pilot ejected but was found dead |
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| Wednesday 12th October 2006 |
USAF |
Texan T-6A | USA | Pilot ejected successfully | Martin-Baker US16LA | |||
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Friday 14th October 2005 08:30h |
USN |
F/A-18C Hornet |
163461 AD-324 |
VFA-106 "Gladiators", NAS Oceana Deployed to Key West, Florida for training |
crashed in
shallow water off the Florida Keys |
Pilot ejected, rescued form water by helicopter, taken to Lower Keys Hospital - suffered a broken arm and a collapsed lung |
Martin-Baker NACES |
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*** Friday 14th October 2005 17:45h |
RAF |
Tornado F3 |
ZE962 / XC nr 35 |
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crashed into
the sea off the east coast of Scotland shortly after taking off from its base |
Martin-Baker 10A | ||
| Flt. Lt. Sam Cowan ejected | Sergeant Iain Logan ejected | Martin-Baker 10A | ||||||
| *** Compiled from information reported in media and postings from members of the MSF Forum | ||||||||
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Thursday 20th October 2005 |
Italian Air Force |
AMX | 51 Stormo |
crashed near Decimomannu |
Pilot ejected
safely ref. 1 & 2 |
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Martin-Baker Mk.IT10LY |
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Wednesday 26th October 2005 12:45 h |
Indian Air Force |
MiG-21UTI ? | Airforce Systems and Training Establishment(ASTE) | Crashed on take - off from Bangalaore Air Port | Test pilot Sq. Ldr. K R Murthy, ejected but died in hospital during the evening | KM-1 | ||
| Test Engineer Squadron Leader K D Bhat ejected taken to local hospital | KM-1 | |||||||
| Thursday 27th October 2005 |
AERO Vodochody a.s |
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Czech VS-2 ejection seat | |||||
| modified L159B |
6073 375 (??) |
Sazena airfield | two live seat ejections took place in flight of upgraded ejection seats | TEST DUMMY | ||||
| Flight tests carried out followed the successfully finished ground tests and crowned the common three-year development project of AERO Vodochody a.s. and VZLU (Aeronautical Research and Test Institute of the Czech Republic). | ||||||||
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Monday 31st October 2005 3:30 p.m. |
USN |
T-45 Goshawk |
VT-22, Training Air Wing 2 at
Naval, Air Station Kingsville. [NAS-K] |
Crashed about 1.5 miles northeast of base | Lt. Brian Iber instructor | Martin-Baker NACES | ||
| Lt. j.g. Jason Morgan student pilot | Martin-Baker NACES | |||||||
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| Was November 2005 an ejection free month - ??? |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
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Tuesday 6th December 2005 10:00am |
USMC |
AV-8B Harrier | Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 |
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina |
Routine training mission about 20 from NAS Jacksonville miles east of St. Augustine, Florida, USA |
Capt. Jason
Thomsen
ejected safely rescued 3 hours later - minor hypothermia |
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Stencel |
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Wednesday 7th December 2005 13:37h |
French Navy FAN |
Super-Etendard | ??? |
Flotille [11.F or 17.F ??] B.A.N. Landivisiau. flying from Aircraft Carrier Charles-de-Gaulle |
Birdstrike - crashed into gulf of Ajaccio from Carrier Charles-de-Gaulle operating south of Toulon | Pilot ejected - recovered - transported to the hospital of Ajaccio for tests |
Martin-Baker CM6 |
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Tuesday 13th December 2005 11:56 h (IST) |
IAF |
MIG-21 Type 77 | Tezpur Air Base | On routine flight Crashed into a paddy field in Pithakowa area in Assam | Squadron Leader S. Alok [??] Bansal, ejected safely | 21 MIG-21s belonging to the Indian Air Force have crashed. Since 2001. The type is being phased out. | KM-1 | |
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Tuesday 13th December 2005 3:45 p.m |
USAF |
T-38-C |
333 XL |
47th FTW Laughlin |
Birdstrike - Plane crashed in open ranchland near Bracketville - |
Major Marc
Montgomery 96th FTS
ejected -
reports in US media suggest injured in low level ejection landing into the aircraft's
burning wreckage Major Montgomery taken to Brooks Army Medical Center -"was in critical but stable condition" |
Northrop-Grumman |
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2nd Lt.
Jonathan Ballard 87th FTS ejected safely at low level Second Lieutenant Jonathan Ballard, was taken back to Laughlin for evaluation |
Northrop-Grumman |
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| Thursday 15th December 2005 |
R.Thai AF |
PC-9 |
F19-4/34 c/n 1 |
FTS at Khampaeng Saen | Crashed into a coconut plantation in tambon Si Muen of Damnoen Saduak district, Ratchaburi province, Thailand | Instructor Pilot Wing. Co. Arthit Thammasut ejected minor injuries. |
![]() Thanks to Steve Darke www.thai-aviation.net |
Martin-Baker Mk CH11A |
| Student Pilot Flt. Lt.Supat Dudwang ejected minor injuries. | Martin-Baker Mk CH11A | |||||||
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Tuesday 27th December 2005 11:15 hrs (IST) |
IAF |
Kiran Mk-1 Trainer | IAF Systems and Training Establishment (ASTE) Bangalore |
Took off on a routine
training sortie.from HAL Airport. Engine problems. Crashed
in the open field, near
the BHEL residential layout and gutted by fire. Rajarajeshwarinagar area, Bangalore Aircraft crashed |
Wg Cdr Rahul Bapat |
Both crew ejected but sustained minor injuries and taken to Air Force Command Hospital | Martin-Baker H4HA | |
| co-pilot Sq. Ldr Narayan Deepak |
Martin-Baker H4HA |
| 2005 |
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ref.1 Luca -(MSF and
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