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| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sunday 6th January 2008 noon |
 RJAF |
Crashed near capital when it nose-dived into a farm in the town of Ein al-Basha, 20 kilometers (14 miles) north of Amman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maj. Radwan
Ababneh killed |
Lt. Yazan Aranke killed |
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| January 2008 |
At the the time of the 20th April loss many news agencies reported that two F-16s had been lost in accidents during January 2008. These reports were erroneous and no such losses occurred. |
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| Tuesday 15th January 2007 |
 South African Air Force |
Pilatus Astra PC-7 Mk.II | En route to Air Force Base Langebaanweg for routine maintenance. Crashed outside Bredasdorp in the Western Cape |
Pilot Lieutenant Colonel
Chris Meiring killed |
Martin-Baker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday 22nd January 2008 |
 Pakistan |
T-37C | Risalpur | Crashed in the grounds of the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology in the village of topi, swabi district, NWFP. 62m (100km) from islamabad |
Pilot Officer
Raja
Jehanzeb killed |
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Tuesday 29th January 2008 12:00 Moscow time |
 Azerbijan AF |
MiG-29 | Crashed in the Caspian sea 60 kilometres off shore | K-36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fakhraddin Asgarov died in the accident |
Afgan Aslanov died in the accident |
K-36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Friday 15th February 2008 |
Pakistan |
Mirage |
Sargodha AFB |
crashed into fields at Shaheenabad village, 30 km southeast of Sargodha, Central Punjab |
Wing Commander Azhar Ismael died in the crash |
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Martin-Baker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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21st February 2008 11:05  |
 FAU |
PC-7 |
303 c/n 596 |
Air Base No. 2, Durazno | Bird strike believed to have been the cause. Crashed near the town of Polancos de Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alf. Johnatan Martinez killed |
Cpt. Diego Silveira (Instructor) killed |
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Tuesday 4th March 2008 19:18 |
 RoCAF |
Block 20 F-16A |
6706 |
12th FS 401st FW Hua Lien AFB |
during night intercept training, missing and presumed crashed into sea, 42 NM southeast of Hua Lien. Hua Lien |
Pilot Major TING Shih Pao Missing |
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ACES II | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wednesday 12th March 2008 16:00 |
 USAF |
T-38 Talon |
71st Flying
Training Wing Vance Air Force Base |
Training sortie. Ran off a runway while taking off from Vance Air Force Base sustained significant damage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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instructor pilot
exited safely no ejection |
instructor pilot
exited safely no ejection |
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| Two instructor pilots were aboard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Friday 14th March 2008 |
USAF |
F-16C |
 62nd Fighter Squadron Luke Air Force Base |
 Luke Air Force Base Arizona USA |
Crashed south of Alamo Lake, about 50 miles northwest of Wickenburg |
2nd
Lieutenant David J. Mitchell [180th Fighter Wing Ohio National Guard on temporary assignment to 62nd FS] killed in crash |
ACES II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Friday 14th March 2008 16:00 |
USN |
T-34C Turbomentor |
Training Squadron 6 NAS Whiting Field |
crashed near Ashville, approx 60 miles north of Birmingham, Ala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Major David Yaggy USMC Killed |
2nd Lt. Alexander Prezioso USMC Killed |
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| Thursday 20th March 2008 |
 Russian Air Force |
Su-27UB | Bezhetsk-Dorokhovo airbase | Forced to make emergency landing at Bezhetsk-Dorokhovo airbase in the Tver region |
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K-36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lt.Col. Roman Kostenyuk normal egress NO EJECTION |
Lt.Col. Alexander Sidorov normal egress NO EJECTION |
K-36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thursday 20th March 2008 03:33 Moscow time (0:33 GMT) |
Russian Air Force |
Su-25 Frogfoot | Chernigovka airbase | Training flight. Technical problems. Crashed in the Primorye Territory about 143 kilometers (90 miles) from the port of Vladivostok | Pilot Squadron Commander Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Yakovenko killed in crash |
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K-36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tuesday 25th March 2008 17:00 |
USN |
 (Air Force photo by Brad White) |
ACES II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A-10 Thunderbolt II |
78-600 FT |
75th Fighter Squadron | Participating in a Green Flag sortie out of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada emergency landing at the base's primary landing strip, Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, California |
Pilot egressed normally on ground NO EJECTION |
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| Thursday 20th March 2008 |
USAF |
B-1B Bomber | Made a forced landing at Ellsworth Air Force Base following a reported in-flight emergency. Several small spot grass fires that were apparently caused by the bomber were quickly put out | FURTHER DETAILS APPRECIATED | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ??April 2008 |
 Cuban Air Force |
L-39C Albatross |
Base Aerea San Antonio de los Banos | Engine flame out | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Killed in aircraft safely | Ejected at too low an altitude and killed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wednesday 2nd April 2008 |
USAF |
F-16D |
61st
Fighter Squadron Luke AFB, AZ |
Aircraft slid off the runway at Gila Bend Auxiliary Field, Ariz | ACES II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Egressed on ground uninjured NO EJECTION |
Egressed on ground uninjured NO EJECTION |
ACES II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Friday 4th April 2008 |
USAF |
B-1B Bomber | Caught fire at the end of a runway and some of its munitions exploded after landing at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar | all four crew members safely evacuated | FURTHER DETAILS APPRECIATED | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tuesday 8th April 2008 10:00 |
 Vietnam |
An-26 |
918 Air Transport Regiment Gia Lam airport |
Crashed in Thanh Tri in a paddy rice field near Hanoi and exploded | 5 killed | No Ejection Seats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tuesday 8th April 2008 12:22pm |
 Bangladesh Air Force |
Chengdu F-7 | Kurmitola Airforce base | crashed at Paharia village in the Tangail district 100 km north of the capital Dhaka |
Squadron Leader Morshed
Hassan ejected but died later at hospital of his injuries |
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Martin-Baker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sunday 20th April 2008 13:10 local time |
Block 15 F-16A |
80-0582 |
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crashed during a routine training exercise | Pilot Hamzah Abbadi killed | ACES II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wednesday 23rd
April 2008 12:30 |
U.S. Air Force |
T-38C Talon |
Columbus Air
Force Base Mississippi. |
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| Killed | Killed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No other information available until another news release is issued on Thursday afternoon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thursday 1st May 2008 07:45 |
U.S. Air Force |
T-38C Talon |
 80th Flying Training Wing Sheppard Air Force base |
crashed at Sheppard Air Force base, in Wichita Falls, North Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Killed | Killed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| According to witnesses, one person was seen ejecting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Monday 12th May 2008 15:00 |
 Indian A. F. |
Deepak HPT-32 | Begumpet Air Force Academy, Hyderabad | crashed just north of the institution near Medak in Andhra Pradesh |
Female flying cadet suffered fatal injuries |
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| Wednesday 14th May 2008 |
 Sudan Air Force |
MiG-29F | lost over Darfur region |
Russian pilot ejected but was killed |
K-36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wednesday 21st May 2008 22:00 |
USAF |
T-1A Jayhawk |
47th Flying Training Wing 86th Flying Training Squadron Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, Texas. |
Training flight. Landed short of the runway near Preston-Smith International Airport in Lubbock, Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Captain ?? [T-1 instructor pilot] |
Captain ?? [T-1 instructor pilot] |
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| Both taken to a local hospital for observation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June |
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Friday 6th June 2008 06:50 |
 HAF |
F-4E Phantom II |
71763 |
 photo: Tim Hedgley |
Martin-Baker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crash landed at Santorini airport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pilot egressed on ground no ejection |
egressed on ground no ejection |
Martin-Baker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wednesday 11th June 2008 |
Pakistan |
T-37 | Crashed near Mardan, 60 miles northwest of Peshawar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pilot Officer Samman Riaz killed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| single occupant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Friday 13th June 2008 |
USN |
F/A-18C Hornet |
164657 | VFA-15 | Mid air with an two seat F-5 |
Lt. Jeremy S. Wise [VFA-15] 'Valions' killed |
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Martin-Baker | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Friday 20th June
2008 just before noon |
 Hungarian Air Force |
L-39 Albatros |
120 | Crashed near Fehérgyarmat airport (E Hungary), near the Ukrainian border |
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VS-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st.
Lt. Zoltán Ignácz killed |
Lt.Col.
András Janicsek killed |
VS-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Both crew tried to eject but were unsuccessful | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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July |
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Sunday 6th July 2008 10:00h |
 IRIAF |
Northrop F-5F |
Omideh military base | crashed at air base due to technical problems | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pilot reported as killed | reported as killed | no ejection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Monday 21st July
2008 09:45 |
USAF |
B-52H Stratofortress |
60-0053 "Raider 21" |
155-BW Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force deployed to Andersen Air Force Base |
Crashed off the coast of Guam at approximately 9:45 about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Apra Harbor |
All six crew killed NO FURTHER DETAILS UNTIL USAF RELEASE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT |
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Monday 5th August 2008 17:00h |
 RAF |
Tornado GR4 | "005" | 13 Squadron RAF Marham, Norfolk | Ran off runway at Newcastle airport during emergency landing following bird strike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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pilot OK no ejection |
navigator OK no ejection |
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| Sunday 10th August 2008 |
Pakistan Air Force |
Mashak | Khalid Airbase, Quetta | crashed during landing at the Khalid Airbase, Quetta in northwestern Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OK | OK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wednesday 13th August 2008 |
Pakistan Army Aviation |
Mashshak | crashed in eastern Punjab nine km from Bahawalpur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Captain Muhammad Bilal killed in crash |
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Sunday, 17 August 2008 00:01
