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

Monday 7th January 2008
1 pm EST
USN		 F/A-18E
Super Hornet		   VFA-
CVW-3
USS Harry S. Truman
(CVN 75)		 Mid-air collison while providing en route close air support from Iraq crashed in the Persian Gulf Pilot ejected
been rescued and taken back to the ship		   Martin-Baker
NACES

Monday 7th January 2008
1 pm EST
USN		 F/A-18F
Super Hornet		   VFA-
CVW-3
USS Harry S. Truman
(CVN 75)		 Mid-air collison while providing en route close air support from Iraq crashed in the Persian Gulf     Martin-Baker
NACES
Pilot ejected
been rescued and taken back to the ship		 NFO ejected
been rescued and taken back to the ship		 Martin-Baker
NACES

Tuesday 15th January 2008
19:30
USAF		 F-16C
Block 30		 87-0347
482nd Fighter Wing
Homestead Air Reserve Base		 Crashed into the Gulf of Mexico near Key West, on Tuesday evening during a routine training mission Pilot ejected safely
taken to a Key West hospital
later released 		  ACES II

Monday 28th January 2008
14:00 Portuguese time
FAP		 F-16B
MLU(M4)		 15140
[83-1171]		 Monte Real Air Base (BA5) Crashed  in the pine forest near the Air Base      
Pilot Lt.Colonel João "Skipper" Pereira
ejected near the ground		 Rear Seat not occupied ACES II

Monday 28th January 2008
Russian AF		 L-39   Krasnodar Higher Air Force School
Kotelnikovo airbase		 Crashed in Russia’s southern Volgograd region     VS-1
graduate Cadet Sergey Dedkov
ejected		 instructor pilot Senior Lieutenant Sergey Gorshkov
ejected died from injuries		 VS-1

Monday 28th January 2008
11.25am
Italian Air Force		 Tornado  
6th Stormo  Ghedi		 Fire during take off run   Martin-Baker 10A
Col. Aurelio Colagrande
ejected		 Maj. Vincenzo Ruggiero
ejected		 Martin-Baker 10A

Thursday 31st January 2008
 12:40
IAF		 MiG-27   Hashimara airbase Routine training exercise.  Crashed in the eastern state of West Bengal,  Jalpaiguri district Wing Commander Jasbir Singh
ejected safely		   KM-1
February  
Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
Friday 1st February 2008
12:25 Moscow Time
Russian AF		 Aero L-39 Albatros   Krasnodar Higher Air Force School Engine failure. Two unsuccessful attempts to restart the engine. Crashed at the airfield in Armavir     VS-1
Major Serov
ejected safely
Recovered by SAR Mi-8 helicopter.		 rear seat not occupied VS-1
Friday 1st February 2008
1:37 p.m
USAF		 F-15D Eagle   199th FS, 154th Wing
Hawaii Air National Guard		 Crashed about 60 miles south of Oahu Pilot ejected safely
rescue from water by U.S. Coast Guard taken to  Queen's Medical Center Honolulu		   ACES II
Monday 11th February 2008
20:00
Italian Air Force		 F-16 MM????
18°Gruppo



37° Stormo
Trapani-Birgi Air Base		 crashed during night training mission 15 miles from Levanzo Island off the coast of Sicily in very poor weather conditions Commander Maurizio De Angelis
ejected		 ACES II
Tuesday 12th February 2008
Kazakstan Air Force		 MiG-29UB   Almaty Air Base Training flight. crashed near Kazakhstan's commercial capital Almaty.   K-36
Pilot Maj. Aleksandr Leonidovich Kovyazin
ejected
killed		 Co-pilot Lt. Col. Vitaliy Emilevich Dilmukhamedov  ejected
OK		 K-36
Tuesday 12th February 2008
16:00h
USN		 EA-6B Prowler
VAQ‑136		 U.S.S. Kitty Hawk Strike Group Crashed 20 miles northeast of Andersen Air Force Base  ejected safely   Martin-Baker GRU-EA7
 ejected safely
 ejected safely
ejected safely
Crew recovered by two helos from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO FIVE [HSC-25]
"Island Knights"
Further details appreciated
Tuesday 12th February 2008
22:40
FAF		 Mirage 2000N 315 / 4-BF FAB-116 "Lieutenant-colonel Papin" de Luxeuil
escadron 2/4 Lafayette		 Problem after an in-flight refueling. The pilot directed his plane towards an uninhabited area, and the crew ejected over the Ocean.     SEMMB F10Q
[Martin-Baker]
ejected ejected SEMMB F10Q
[Martin-Baker]
One of the crew was recovered by a fishing boat, the other by speedboat from the French Gendarmerie
Wednesday 13th February 2008
13:00
USMC		 AV-8B Harrier

losses & ejection page under construction

  
24th MEU
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point		 crashed on a routine training mission  in Carteret County near Open Grounds Farms northeast of Morehead Cityin coastal North Carolina Capt. Ian E. Stephenson
ejected safely		   Stencel
Friday 15th February 2008
IAF		 MiG-21   Bhuj airbase Routine training sortie crashed in marshlands in Kutch near the Indo-Pak border Flight Lieutenant S Agashe
ejected		   KM-1
Wednesday 20th February 2008
 2 p.m. CST
USAF		 F-15C Eagle
33rd Fighter Wing
"Nomads"
58th Fighter Squadron
"Gorillas"
Elgin AFB
Florida		 Crashed about 35 miles south of Tyndall Air Force Base off the Florida Coast into  Gulf of Mexico Pilot ejected
rescued from the water and taken to local
hospital		   ACES II
Wednesday 20th February 2008
 2 p.m. CST
USAF		 F-15C Eagle
33rd Fighter Wing
"Nomads"
58th Fighter Squadron
"Gorillas"
Elgin AFB
Florida		 1st Lt. Ali Jivanjee
ejected
rescued from the water and taken to local
hospital
died later		 ACES II
Saturday 23rd February 2008
USAF		 B‑2B
Spirit		 89-0127
"Spirit of Kansas"

509th Bomb Wing
Whiteman Air Force Base near Knob Noster, Mo.
Deployed to Guam from Whiteman
 		  Crashed on take-off from Guam at Andersen airbase ejected safely   ACES II
ejected safely   ACES II
                 
March 
Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
Tuesday 4th March 2008
USN		 T‑45C Goshawk
Training Squadron 9
Training Air Wing 1
 Naval Air Station Meridian, MS, USA		 crashed near the base in northern Lauderdale County into a densely wooded area

 

   Martin-Baker NACES
ejected safely ejected safely Martin-Baker NACES
10th March 2008
Slovenia		 PC-9   Cerklje ob Krki Air Base       Martin-Baker Mk SA11A
Pilot remained in cockpit, safe landing Co-pilot Robert Jerina
[BRZOL
Letalstva]
planned ejection		 Martin-Baker Mk SA11A
Tuesday 18th March 2008
Pakistan		 Mirage   Fareed Airbase training flight. Crashed due to a technical problem 22 kilometers west of Rajanpur city in the southwestern part of Punjab. Pilot ejected   Martin-Baker PRM4
Friday 21st March 2008
10:30
FN		 Super Ētendard  
Landivisiau

                                                                              photo La Télégramme.com		 Martin-Baker
CM6[SEMMB]
Crashed shortly after take off from Nimes-Garon (Gard) into the Mediterranean two miles  south of Cavalaire (VAr). Pilot ejected and later recovered from sea by Super Frelon helo dispatched from Hyères  
24th March 2008
14h:07
FAB		 EMB-312 Tucano FAB-1366 Academia da Força Aérea
Campo Fontenelle Pirassununga, São Paulo		 Suffered an engine malfunction while on a training flight over the northern sector of the AF Academy during touch and goes at air base     Martin-Baker
BR8LC
Cadete Aviador Rodrigo Janowski Zandoná (trainee)ejected safely  1º Tenente Aviador Marcelo Guimarães Resende (instructor) ejected safely Martin-Baker
BR8LC
Both rescued by a helicopter  of the Brazilian Air Force's SAR service that was on alert at th AF Academy
April
6th April 2008
RJAF		 CASA 101   Mafraq Air Base       Martin-Baker JD10LU
Ejected safely Ejected safely Martin-Baker JD10LU
Monday 7th April 2008
09:40
South Korean AF		 RF-4C
Phantom II[list in preparation]		   39th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Suwon Air Base, Seoul		 SurveillanceTraining mission. Crashed hill in east of Wonju, Gangwon Province     Martin-Baker

H7AF
Captain ???
ejected
rescued from a tree which his parachute had snagged		 1st lieutenant Ryu
ejected suffered minor facial injuries		 Martin-Baker
H7AF
Neither badly hurt. Both taken to a nearby hospital for treatment
Monday 14th April 2008
19:00
[14:30gmt]
IRIAF		 Su-24MK
(needs confirmation)		   Mehrabad airport crashed on landing  on a training mission and burst into flames     K-36
(needs confirmation)
Pilot ejected Co-Pilot ejected
   Source: Fars News Agency
Thursday 17th April 2008
in afternoon
15:52
Hungarian Air Force		 MiG-29  15

                                                                            photo MTI

Major Zoltán "Peszke" Peszeki
ejected

 K-36
59th TFW
Kecskemét, Hungary		 During a low approach manuever the aircraft hit the ground at Kecskemét, slid across the main road near the airbase and burnt out
NEWS LINK		 Pilot ejected OK, hospitalized for observation
Thursday 17th April 2008
Pakistan Air Force		 Chengdu FT-7     crashed 25 miles west of Faisalabad pilot ejected safely   Martin-Baker
Friday 18th April 2008
16:00 (local)
CAF		 CT-155 Hawk  
15 Wing Moose Jaw		 Crashed during a routine training mission at Moose Jaw airbase in Saskatchewan

[NATO Flight Training in Canada program]

     Martin-Baker

Maj. Frank Wagener
GAF
ejected safely
minor injuries
2nd Lt. Rock Veilleux
CAF
ejected safely
minor injuries		 Martin-Baker
Tuesday 29th April 2008
IAF		 Hawk     Take off aborted at Bidar airport in Karnataka and slid off runway due to a technical problem. Damage unspecified     Martin-Baker Mk.10
Indian pilot escaped without injury British pilot escaped without injury Martin-Baker Mk.10
Some Indian news reports indicate one of the pilots ejected. Confirmation appreciated
 May
Thursday 15th May 2008
15:30
USMC		 TAV-8B
Harrier II		 163861 Marine Attack Training Squadron 203
Cherry Point
 

Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma

 Engine failure during air to surface sortie. Training Mission. Crashed Barry Goldwater Range, southeast of Yuma, southern Arizona     Stencel
ejected ejected Stencel
Both taken to Yuma Regional Medical Center
Tuesday 20th May 2008
20:30
USN

 

   Martin-Baker NACES
Instructor Under Training
CDR W.S. Anderson
ejected safely		 Instructor Pilot
LCDR D.M. Slutz
 ejected safely		 Martin-Baker NACES
T‑45C Goshawk 165486 VT-7

Training Air Wing 1
 Naval Air Station Meridian, MS, USA		 On routine training flight. Crashed south of the runway Both the instructor and student pilot suffered minor injuries. They were taken to Jeff Anderson Hospital.
Wednesday 21st May 2008
11:00 CET		 J-22 Orao (‘Eagle’) 25-114   crashed near Čenta on the road to Sakule,  near Zrenjanin Major Tomas Janik
ejected safely
minor injuries		 Martin-Baker MkY-10LB
Thursday 22nd May 2008
Marine		 Dassault
Rafale		 nr 16
                                                                                            (photo - marine nationale)
12 flottille
 Lann-Bihoue		  Aircraft veered off the end of a runway at the Lann-Bihoue military base in Brittany Pilot ejected   Martin-Baker
Mk 16F
Friday 23rd May 2008
IAF		 MiG-21
Type 77		   Bagdogra airbase Routine sortie. Emergency belly landing following a fault in the undercarriage. Caught fire on ground Squadron Leader Falguni Roy
 ejected safely		   KM-1
 June
Wednesday 11th June 2008
FAF		 Mirage 2000 N   EC 02/004
"La Fayette"
 Luxeuil Air Force Base (BA 116)		 crashed near Merdrignac     Martin-Baker Mk.10
ejected ejected Martin-Baker Mk.10
Friday 13th June 2008
USN		 Northrop
F-5F		 160965 VFC-13
"Saints"		 Mid air with an F/A-18C     Northrop
ejected ejected Northrop
Monday 16th June 2008
13:45
RAF		 Harrier GR7A ZD406
"37A"		 RAF Cottesmore crashed near the village of Ashwell pilot ejected   Martin-Baker
Thursday 19th June 2008
16:00
FAF		 Mirage F-1B 520
30-SO.		 1 / 30 Alsace
132 Colmar		 The aircraft veered off the runway while landing in Colmar      Martin-Baker Mk.10
ejected ejected Martin-Baker Mk.10
Saturday 21st June 2008
Pakistan Air Force		 Chengdu FT-7     Technical problems. Crashed near Faisalabad     Martin-Baker
pilot
ejected safely		 student pilot
ejected safely		 Martin-Baker
Wednesday 25th June 2008
PLAAF		 J-8   northern Shenyang Military District Collided over the northern Inner Mongolia regional capital Hohhot in Qingshuihe County. Crashed in inhabited area about 400km west of Beijing. pilot ejected and parachuted to safety, suffering only minor injuries   Jali
Wednesday 25th June 2008
08:50 local time
PLAAF		 J-8   northern Shenyang Military District pilot ejected and parachuted to safety, suffering only minor injuries   Jali
 July
Thursday 10th July 2008
Pakistan Air Force		 T-37     crashed approximately 55 km north of Risalpur near Sakhakot, in the north-western district of Malakand     Weber
ejected safely ejected safely Weber
Tuesday 29th July 2008
07.30 GMT
Russian Air Force		 Su-27UB Flanker     During post maintenance flight crashed close to the air base near the city of Ussuriisk  in the Primorye Territory in Russia's Far East   K-36
Major Sergei Levchenko
killed		 Lt.Col. Yuri Abrosimov
ejected
taken to the military hospital in Ussuri		 K-36
August
  Georgian-Ossetian Conflict
 
Friday 8th August 2008
Georgian
Air Force		 Su-25       shot down in Georgian-Ossetian Conflict ???   K-36
Several versions of events - none confirmed - possibly even the loss reported for the 9th August [see next entry]

version 1. pilot ejected injured captured POW
version 2. pilot ejected injured captured died of injuries
version 3. pilot ejected injured killed on ground by Ossetian military
9th August 2008
??
Georgian
Air Force		 Su-25     Shot down in Georgian-Ossetian Conflict over Tskhinvali ??   K-36
Claims by Russian Military that they captured a pilot who ejected from a Georgian Su-25. On landing the pilot is said to to have broken both legs and suffered a damaged spine. They also inferred that the pilot was of "Arab" origin. (Source: "Osinform")
NOTE

No definite confirmation
No acknowledgement by the  Georgians on any losses
 Updated information on Russian Losses during the Conflict (Previous information before amendments)
Friday / Saturday Night of 8th / 9th August 2008
Russian Air Force		 Tu-22M3   352 TBAP (Shaikovka air base) Shot down by SAM-8 near Karely village by  the Georgian air defense Tskhinvali in Georgian-Ossetian Conflict ??   K-36
Russian Military acknowledge the loss of a reconnaissance version of the Tu-22 being lost due to technical faults over Georgian territory
     

If the aircraft lost was a
Tu-22M3 "Backfire C" version their will have been a crew of up to four.
     pilot
     co-pilot
     bombardier
     defensive systems operator
The aircraft has also been reported as a reconnaissance version -
Tu-22M3R "Backfire 'D'
in both versions each crew member sits on a forward facing, upward firing ejection seat. The seats are similar to the KM-1.

Extra details / amendments welcomed
Lt.Col. Alexander Koventsov
Crew commander  (MIA)		 Major Vyacheslav Malkov
 ejected
received minor burns and spinal injuries.
Captured - POW
Taken to Gudushauri National Medical Centre, Tblisi for treatment
 [shown  on Georgian media]		 Navigator and operator maj. Victor Pryadkin
KIA		 Maj. Igor Nesterov
KIA
Russian media and news groups also mentioning the names and crew members
9th August 2008
Russian Air Force		 Su-24MR   929 GLITs (Ahtubinsk air base) shot down by Buk-M1 near Gory K-36
Colonel Igor Zinov
 ejected
received minor burns and spinal injuries.
Captured - POW
taken to Gudushauri National Medical Centre, Tblisi for treatment
 [shown being interviewed on Georgian media]		 Colonel Igor Rzhavitin
ejected
killed


 [helmet and body shown  on Georgian media]

 

  
Saturday 9th August 2008
Russian Air Force		 Su-25     Shot down (believed by friendly fire) in Georgian-Ossetian Conflict ??   K-36
Russian Military acknowledge the loss of first Su-25. No definite information concerning the pilot
9th August 2008
also seen as 12th
CONFIRM
Russian Air Force		 Su-25   368 OShAP Shot down  by Georgian SAM "Buk-M1" near Java during Georgian-Ossetian Conflict Major Vladimir Evgenevich Edamenko
ejected too late and was killed		   K-36
9th August 2008
??
Russian Air Force		 Su-25   368 OShAP (Budennovsk air base) Shot down  by MANPOD in Georgian-Ossetian Conflict Col. Sergey Kobylash ejected safely and recovered by Mi-8   K-36
Russian Military acknowledge total official losses 3 Su-25 (one shot down by friendly fire), 1 Tu-22M3 and 1 Su-24MR.
  ANY INFORMATION RELATED TO THE LOSSES AND EJECTIONS IN THE CONFLICT including POW EXCHANGE of PILOTS OR AIRCREW WELCOMED TO HELP CLARIFY THE INFORMATION
18th August 2008 Major Vyacheslav Malkov & Colonel Igor Zinov reported in media returned to Russian forces in prisoner exchange

 
Wednesday 20th August 2008
14:05 BST
RAF		 Hawk XX320
[callsign Red 11]		   Crashed into the ATC car park of RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire following landing problems.   Martin-Baker Mk.10
Wg Cmdr David Wigglesworth
ejected		 Pilot ejected Martin-Baker Mk.10
Both taken to Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) for treatment
 September
Monday 1st September 2008
IAF
 [Indian Web Page is being edited at present - updates added soon]		 MiG-29   Jamnagar air base crashed about 50 km west of the air base Flight Lieutenant Dheer
ejected		   K-36
Thursday 11th September 2008
4:20 p.m
JASDF		 F-15J 72-8883
#883		 304th Flight Squadron, 8th Air Wing
Tsuiki Air Self-Defense Base
Fukuoka prefecture		 Engine problems. Crashed into the Japan Sea off Yamaguchi prefecture First Lieutenant Murakami Souitirou
ejected at 800 m. Rescued by SAR helicopter		   ACES II
 October
Wednesday 1st October 2008
17:10
FN		 Super Ētendard  
Flottille 11F
Landivisiau Airbase Britany 		Mid air collision during a training exercise. Crashed  17 miles  north of the town of Morlaix off the coast of Brittany Ejected safely   Martin-Baker
CM6[SEMMB]
Wednesday 1st October 2008
17:10
FN		 Super Ētendard  
Flottille 11F
Landivisiau Airbase Britany 		Sébastien Lhéritier ("Largo")
possible ejection
Body not recovered
 		 Martin-Baker
CM6[SEMMB]
Thursday 9th October 2008
Pakistan		 F-7   PAF Base, Mushaf (Sargodha) Crashed during a routine operational night training mission, 5 miles south west of PAF Base Pilot
ejected safely		   Martin-Baker
Friday 17th October 2008
10:45
[Moscow Time]
Russian Air Force		 MiG-29   Domna airfield Training flight. Crashed in the Chita region in eastern Siberia. pilot
ejected safely		   K-36
Tuesday 4th November 2008
10:25 local
South Korean Air Force		 Northrop F-5E   8th Fighter Wing
Wonju
Air Base		 Crashed into  a rice paddy in Pocheon, 29 miles (46 kilometers) north of Seoul during training flight pilot Captain Lee
ejected safely		   Northrop
Wednesday 12th 2008
10:35
IAF
 		 MiG-21
type 69		   Chabua air base Routine training flight. Crashed into a field near Chabua village of Tinsukia district of Assam   KM-1
Squadron Leader Supandeep Singh
ejected safely		 Flying Officer
L. Nanda Rajendra
ejected safely		 KM-1
Monday 17th November 2008
12:36
IAF
 		 MiG-23   Hashimara air base in Jalpaiguri district Routine training flight. Crashed in east Hashimara area in West Bengal   KM-1
Wg Cdr Sisodia
ejected safely		 Flt Lt Kartik
ejected safely		 KM-1
 Earlier news reports gave the type as a single seat MiG-27
  [Indian Web Page is being edited at present - updates added soon]
Friday 5th December 2008
14:00
FAP		 F-16     Taking part in "Tactical Leadership Program. Slid off the runway during landing at  Florennes AB, Belgium. Minor damage Pilot ejected   ACES II

    SOURCE: Official Portuguese Air Force web site
Monday 8th December 2008
USMC		 F/A-18
Hornet		  
VMFAT-101
Sharpshooters
 link
MCAS Miramar
3rd Marine Air Wing
training squadron
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
Crashed in San Diego neighborhood near Interstate 805, near the air base		      
Pilot ejected
taken to Balboa Naval Hospital		 2nd seat unoccupied Martin-Baker
SJU5/6
Further details when available
14th December 2008
UAE		 Hawk Mk.63C 1019 Al Ain Air Base Engine failure. A dead-stick landing was attempted, but control was lost at a late stage one ejected
the other remained in aircraft.
Both injured		   Martin-Baker
  Martin-Baker
Friday 19th December 2008
Russian Air Force		 Su-24
Fencer		     crashed near the town of Voronezh in central Russia     K-36
ejected ejected K-36
                 
                 
 

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