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| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
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Tuesday 9th January 2007About 3:30, |
 PRC Navy or PLAAF |
Probably fighter or trainer.Jet |
Cheng Hai
AB, Shan Tou City, Guang Dong Province |
military aircraft exploded while airborne and crashed into a hill near Jiexi city in southern China | One pilot killed - did not eject | |||
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Chinese media Reports pilot escaped
by parachute damaged by debris or fire), wounded (reportedly cracked ribs or lightly burnt), and taken to Nan Shan Town clinic, then Jie Yang City hospital |
JALI | |||||||
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Thursday 18th January 2007 1:30pm |
 USAF |
T-38C Talon trainer |
Columbus Air Force Base | Low-level training exercise. Crashed about 40 miles south of Memphis, Tenn in a swampy area, western Panola County | Pilot Maj. Bill Lester ejected safely | photo ?? | Northrop | |
| Trainee Pilot 2nd Lt. Todd Campbell ejected safely | photo ?? | Northrop | ||||||
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Friday 19th January 2007 11:26 am |
USAF |
F-16 fighter | 84-1279 |
 144th Fighter Wing California Air National Guard |
Possible engine failure during a training exercise crashed in the Owens Lake Area near the town of Bartlett, located about 200 miles north of Los Angeles |
Pilot ejected name ??? |
photo ??? | ACES II |
| Wednesday 31st January 2007 |
 Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage III | Rafiqui airbase |
Technical problem.
During night
flying, Landing Gears could not be lowered both by normal as well as emergency method. Crashed in Katcha Dhappra fields, near Machiwal, in Jhang district. No ground casualties reported |
Flt Lt Talha Saeed - Ejected safely | photo ??? | Martin-Baker PRM4-1 | |
| February | ||||||||
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| Wednesday 7th February 2007 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage 5 | PAF Base Minhas |
Technical problems during training
flight. crashed in the eastern province of Punjab, near Jhang, a city about 290
kilometers (180 miles) southwest of the capital, Islamabad [SOURCE: Pakistan Media] |
Squadron Leader Ishtiaq ejected safely | Martin-Baker PRM4-1 | ||
| Wednesday 7th February 2007 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Chengu F-7P | PAF Base Minhas | The aircraft developed engine trouble close to parent base, while coming in for landing, engine flamed out. | pilot Sqn Ldr Imran ejected safely | Martin-Baker PK10LZ | ||
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Tuesday 13th
February 2007 11:00 |
 South Korean AF |
KF-16C |
93-4053 KC-33 |
155th Fighter Squadron at Jungweon AB, South Korea | During a training flight crashed into the West Sea near a shooting range in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province | Air Force Pilot Wu ejected |
 |
ACES II |
| This is the 4th loss of a Korean Air Force KF-16 aircraft. (August and September 1997 and in February 2002.) | ||||||||
Thursday 15th February 2007 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Chengu F-7P | Masroor airbase | Bird-Strike. Crashed within the perimeter of Masroor base in the southern port city of Karachi | pilot Flt Lt Haseeb ejected safely | Martin-Baker PK10LZ | ||
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Thursday 22nd February 2007 12:45 |
U.S. Air Force |
T-38C Talon |
 12th Flying Training Wing Randolph Air Force Base |
Crashed approximately 12 miles south of Hondo in Frio County | Pilot-instructor Maj. Michael Pelletier ejected safely taken to Wilford Hall Medical Center for evaluation. | Northrop | ||
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see also
Thursday
18th January 2007 |
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Tuesday27th February 2007 13:22 |
 HAF |
Mirage 2000 |
 114 Wing Tanagra air force base |
Technical failure. crashed near Mt
Chtypas shortly after taking off about
70 kilometers (45 miles) northwest of
Athens sources: Greek media, HAF Official press release |
pilot ejected safely. |
 photo ept |
Martin-Baker | |
| March | ||||||||
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
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Thursday 1st March 2007 |
 Indian Air Force |
MiG-21 Type-77 |
Bagdogra airbase | Proable bird strike (vulture) during routine sortie crashed in a hilly area in Darjeeling district, 640 kilometres north of state capital Kolkata, in the eastern state of West Bengal |
Squadron Leader Swapna Shankar Pandey killed body of the pilot near the wreckage |
was ejection initiated ?? | ||
| One Indian media source is reporting that the pilot attempted ejection but the parachute did not have time to open | ||||||||
| Monday 12th March 2007 |
USAF AFRC |
Block 30 F-16D
Fighting Falcon |
87-0380 "FM" |
 93rd Fighter Squadron “Florida Makos” 482nd Fighter Wing Homestead Air Reserve Base |
Crashed during a training mission
about 35 miles east of Marathon, into the waters off the Florida Keys
|
Pilot
Maj.
Timothy B. Piccin
[93rd Fighter Squadron, Homestead Air Reserve Base]ejected safely and rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard |
ACES II | |
| Monday 12th March 200 20:50h |
USAF |
Block 52 F-16C Fighting Falcon | 91-0386 |
16th Weapons Squadron U.S. Air Force Weapons School Nellis Air Force Base |
crashed on the southern
Nevada Test and Training
Range,
near the end of the
runway, while on
approach to the Tonopah
Test Range Airfield. [USAF Public Relations Link] |
Pilot
Instructor Major David Epperson ejected safely |
ACES II | |
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Tuesday 13th March 2007 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Chengdu FT-7PG | Air Base near Quetta |
Training crashed in south-western
Pakistan. The aircraft
was coming in for an emergency landing when it went out of control very close to ground at about 300 feet. No ground casualties |
Flt Lt Osman Talha - ejected safely | Martin-Baker Mk.PK10LZ | ||
| Pilot Flt Lt Gulfam Soomro - taken to a military hospital in Quetta but died later - had received fatal injuries |
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no ejection | ||||||
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Tuesday 20th March 2007 3:19 p.m. (local time). |
USMC |
F/A-18C Hornet | 164725 |
 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 "Death Rattlers" Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) |
Crashed into the north Arabian Sea. The carrier was,
its aircraft flying ground-attack missions over
Afghanistan "Carrier Strike Group is currently supporting Operation Enduring Freedom as well as conducting Maritime Security Operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations" - USN |
pilot ejected | Martin-Baker NACES | |
 Wednesday 21st March 2007 afternoon |
 Russian A.F. |
MiG-29 Fulcrum |
Dalmatinka Air Garrison,
Millerovo
Can anyone confirm that the aircraft were from the 19th Fighter Aviation Regiment ??? |
On third
day of training exercises, collided
near the Millerovo, on
the edge of Maryevka village, airfield 220 kilometers (130
miles) north of the regional center, Rostov-on-Don,
in the Rostov Region in southern Russia. Both
pilots were recovered by Mi-8 rescue
helicopters and taken to a military hospital at the
Millerovo airfield. |
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K-36 | ||
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Wednesday 21st March 2007 afternoon |
Russian A.F. |
MiG-29 Fulcrum | Major Denis Chirkin ejected, sustained minor facial lacerations, landed near Dyagtevo village | Lieutenant Colonel Fakhradin Ulfanov ejected, sustained minor facial lacerations and lost some teeth, landed seven km away from Major Chirkin | K-36 | |||
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28th
March 2007 20:00 |
PLAAF |
JJ-7 [JianJiao-7] ? |
crashed
into a farm, in a village in or near Tang Shan, He
Bei Province, China |
Jali | ||||
| ejected | ejected | Jali | ||||||
| April | ||||||||
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
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|
 CAF |
CT-156 Raytheon Harvard II |
 CAF Official CT-156 Raytheon Harvard II similar to this was involved in the mishap |
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Pilot - remained in aircraft | |||||||
| 15 Wing Moose Jaw | Both crew taken to Moose Jaw Union Hospital with minor injuries. |
Student
pilot ejected "Inadvertent Ejection" |
Martin Baker Mk US16LA zero/zero | |||||
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Thursday 5th April 2007 0850 hrs (IST) |
Indian Navy |
Sea Harrier Mk.60 | crashed near Dabholim airport off Goa coast into the Arabian Sea | Commander Vikram Menon, Ejected - rescued |
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Martin-Baker | ||
| Lt Commander Saurabh Tiwary, Ejected - His body was recovered nine days after the crash | Martin-Baker | |||||||
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Thursday 5th April 2007 0820 GMT |
 French Air Force |
Mirage F.1CT |
259 30-QZ |
©photo:
copyright
Stéphane
Pichard
"stanak"
used with permission
Stanak Website Link |
Martin-Baker | |||
| crashed during a reconnaissance mission over northern Chad in an uninhabited region south of the town of Faya-Largeau, in the northeast of the country | Pilot ejected, rescued | |||||||
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Thursday 12th April 2007 3 p.m. |
 GAF |
 photo: Bundeswehr-Luftwaffe |
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| PA 200 Tornado ECR | 46+47 |
 JBG 32 Lechfeld |
Returning from an exercise on the
French island of Corsica crashed in the Lauterbrunnen valley in the Bernese Alps |
possibly ejected at low level died on ground [confirmation ??] |
WSO ejected at low level sustained injuries | Martin-Baker | ||
| SOURCES: Bundeswehr-Luftwaffe Official Website; Media News Feeds; Mil Spotters Forum | ||||||||
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Monday 16th April 2007 11:06 |
 Guinean air force |
MiG-21U Mongol | Crashed into the West African country's state broadcasting centre setting the building on fire. No ground injuries reported | KM-1 | ||||
| ejected | ejected | KM-1 | ||||||
| Thursday 19th April 2007 |
 Swedish AF |
JAS 39C Gripen | 39259 |
212th amc
F21 Air Force Base, |
taking part in a military exercise. Crashed on approach to Vidsel airport in northern Sweden | Pilot Stefan Kaarle ejected but sustained minor injuries |
 NSD; Foto: Göran Ström |
Martin-Baker Mk 10L |
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Friday 20th April 2007 12:25 |
 RAF |
Hawk T.1 | XX196 | 208 sqn | crashed at RAF Mona, a small satellite airfield connected to RAF Valley | |||
| pilot ejected | no other occupant | Martin-Baker | ||||||
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Wednesday 25th April 2007 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mirage | crashed in central Punjab province near the town of Jhang | pilot ejected safely | Martin-Baker | |||
| May | ||||||||
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
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Friday 4th May 2007 10.32am |
 Royal Malaysian Air Force |
Hawk 208 | Kuantan Airbase | Routine flight training. Crashed after take-off | Kapt Yusni Sari ejected safely and taken to to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan | Martin-Baker Mk.10 | ||
| Tuesday 8th May 2007 16:00h |
IAF |
MiG-29 | ||||||