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January

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		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
Tuesday 18th January 2005	USAF	T-37	??? EN			student pilot 2nd Lt. Roderick James ejected		Weber
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		Martin-Baker AU11A
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

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March

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
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
23rd March 2005	Venezuela A.F.	Tucano			Venezuela	ejected		Martin-Baker BR8LC

3/25/2005 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFPN) -- An F-15 Eagle crashed at about 8:35 a.m. March 25 about 50 miles northeast of here.

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...

April
Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	seat	photo

4th April 2005	UAE	Mirage 2000-9			Istres, France	ejected	Martin-Baker F10QA
						ejected	Martin-Baker F10QA
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
Monday 18th April 2005 l6:53L	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	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	? ?
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
						Other a Lt. Col. did not eject - killed - body recovered	VRB

May
Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
Tuesday 3rd May 2005		F-18						Martin-Baker NACES
Tuesday 3rd May 2005		F-18						Martin-Baker NACES
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
Wednesday 11th May 2005 in afternoon	Hungarian Air Force	MiG-29		Hungary	Kecskemét, Hungary	Capt. Zoltán Szabó ejected OK		K-36
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		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

June
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
						Captain Aleksandr Abushenkov		K-36
Tuesday 7th June 2005 12:00 h	Bangla-Deshi Air Force	Jian F-7 MB	?	Star Photo		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
				Kurmitola Airfield	routine training mission - aircraft caught fire - crashed in Faidabad area of Uttara, Dhaka, Bangla-Desh
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	ACES II

July

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Martin-Baker wins USAF upgrade contract

The UK’s Martin-Baker has won a five-year US Air Force contract, potentially worth $200 million, to supply replacement ejection seats for up to 509 Boeing-upgraded Northrop T-38C Talon two-seat trainers. The initial contract is for 19 shipsets. The company will manufacture at its US facility a version of the Mk16 seat produced for the Raytheon T-6A Texan II turboprop trainer flown by the US Air Force and Navy and already installed in NASA T-38s. A variant of the same seat will be used in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Martin-Baker was selected over Goodrich to replace the T-38’s 1950s-vintage Northrop seat, which still requires the pilot to strap on a parachute.

source: Flight International 9th July 2005

photo esa

Kliper to use Buran seats Russia’s Zvezda has agreed to provide ejection seats for the prototype of Energia’s six-crew Kliper reusable spacecraft. The operational Kliper will not use ejection seats, but the test vehicle will use seats developed for the cancelled Russian space shuttle Buran

The ejection seats used solid rocket motors intended to propel the test pilots up to 600m (1,800ft) from a Buran flying at Mach 3 or less.

The Kliper could be developed from 2006 by a combined Russian, European and Japanese space agency team (Flight International, 28 June–4 July). “Design of the [Kliper] version without wings is close to the Soyuz vehicle,” says Sergei Sergeiovich, Zvezda deputy chief designer.

source: Flight International 19th July 2005

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
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		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.
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			Martin-Baker NACES
Monday 18th July 2005 11:29 a.m.	USN	F/A-18F Super Hornet	?	(VFA) 14		Lt. John Bonenfant ejected sustained injuries	Lt. Noel Sawatzky ejected sustained injuries	Martin-Baker NACES
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
Sunday 24th July 2005	Royal Saudi AF	Hawk		file photo Display Team - Saudi Arabia		Ejected		Martin-Baker SA10B
27th July 2005	Pakistan Air Force	Mirage	?		Crashed at Basai, 50 miles southwest of Islamabad	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker PRM4

on 9 May

Tver region on 12 May in 11:51 Moscow time

8 June 2005 Major Valerie Gusev MiG-29 Tver region

August

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
Tuesday 16th August 2005 08:40a.m.	RCAF	CF-18	?	425 Alouette Tactical Fighter Squadron	100 kilometers North-East of 3 Wing Bagotville, Northern Quebec, Canada	Captain Colin Marks		Martin-Baker SJU-9/A
Wednesday 24th August 2005	Argentinian Air Force	A-4AR	?	Grupo 5 de Caza	near cercanias [?] of River IV province of Cordova	Pilot ejected		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		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

September

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	seat	photo
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		K-36
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	AFP	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 "Maulers" NAS Jacksonville	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
Monday 26th September 2005					AERO LAUNCHED TESTS OF UPGRADED VS-2 EJECTION SEAT On 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

October

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
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
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
Wednesday 12th October 2006	USAF	Texan T-6A			USA	Pilot ejected successfully		Martin-Baker US16LA
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
******* Friday 14th October 2005 17:45h	RAF	Tornado F3	ZE962 / XC nr 35	111 Sqn	crashed into the sea off the east coast of Scotland shortly after taking off from its base			Martin-Baker 10A
******* Friday 14th October 2005 17:45h	RAF	Tornado F3	ZE962 / XC nr 35	111 Sqn		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**
Thursday 20th October 2005	Italian Air Force	AMX		51 Stormo	crashed near Decimomannu	Pilot ejected safely ref. 1 & 2		Martin-Baker Mk.IT10LY
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
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 Engineer Squadron Leader K D Bhat ejected taken to local hospital		KM-1
Thursday 27th October 2005	AERO Vodochody a.s	photo aero						Czech VS-2 ejection seat
Thursday 27th October 2005	AERO Vodochody a.s	modified L159B	6073 375 (??)	Sazena airfield	two live seat ejections took place in flight of upgraded ejection seats	TEST DUMMY		Czech VS-2 ejection seat
	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).
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
Monday 31st October 2005 3:30 p.m.	USN	T-45 Goshawk			Crashed about 1.5 miles northeast of base	Lt. j.g. Jason Morgan student pilot		Martin-Baker NACES

November

Czech seat punches out Aero Vodochody (W504) has completed live tests for an upgraded version of the Czech VS-2 ejection seat. The tests were the culmination of three years of development for the company and fellow Czech firm Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU).
Two in-flight seat ejections were carried out using a modified L159B aircraft.

source: Flight International 22nd November 2005

Was November 2005 an ejection free month - ???

December

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
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		Stencel
Wednesday 7th December 2005 13:37h

AERO LAUNCHED TESTS OF UPGRADED VS-2 EJECTION SEAT