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| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| Thursday 21st January 2010 |
 Finnish Defence Forces |
F-18D Hornet | HN-413 | Crashed during test flight in forest in Juupajoki in Finland's Pirkanmaa province 200 kilometers north of Helsinki |
Martin-Baker NACES |
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Captain ??? 32 ejected fracture injuries |
Lieutenant Colonel ??? 44 ejected injuries |
Martin-Baker NACES |
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This was the damaged single-seater which had recently completed several years on rebuild into a two-seat F-18D as HN-468. The aircraft had only reflown on December 3 after 100,000 man-hours of work by Patria on the conversion. |
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| Thursday 11th February 2010 |
 Italian Air Force AMI |
F-16A | MM7238 | 5th Stormo Pisignano |
Lost in the Adriatic off coast near Cervia and Ravenna during training flight | Maj. Luca
Crovatti 37 23 Gruppo "Veltro" ejected and recovered by fishing boat |
ACES II | |
Saturday 13th February 2010 |
 The Airplane Factory |
Sling prototype plane |
ZU-TAF | The Airplane Factory | Lost during test flight near the Tinley Manor beach north of Ballito on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, Durban. Recovery parachute failed to deploy during spin test. | |||
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Carlos Garcia-Cabral bailed out at 1200 m |
Sean Fraser bailed out at 1200 m |
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| This aircraft flew around the world during July and August 2009. LINK to "The Airplane Factory web site | ||||||||
| Wednesday 17th February 2010 |
 Russia |
Su-24 |
Pushkin Air Field 6th Army Air Force and Air Defense of Russia |
Crashed on flight from Voronezh near St. Petersburg. Caught fire due to leaking fuel | K-36 | |||
| ??? ejected |
Lt.Col.
Istomin ejected |
K-36 | ||||||
| Reports from News agencies are confusing - some say the aircraft crashed during take off, some during landing, some are suggesting the crew egressed on the ground, others are stating ejection. Further details and clarification appreciated. | ||||||||
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Friday 19th February 2010 15:00 |
 Indian Air Force |
MiG-21 | Bagdora Air Base West Bengal | crashed soon after take-off | Squadron
Leader Rahul Tiwari ejected safely |
KM-1 | ||
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Thursday 25th February 2010 12:40 |
 USAF |
F-16C |
 36th Fighter Squadron  51st Fighter Wing Osan Air Base South Korea |
Crashed following routine training flight at air base during landing approach | Pilot
ejected minor injuries |
ACES II | ||
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Wednesday 10th March 2010 17:17 |
USMC |
F/A-18D Hornet |
 VMFA (AW) 224 Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort |
Crashed about 35 miles off the coast of St. Helena Sound, South Carolina |
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Martin-Baker NACES | |
| ??? ejected |
??? ejected |
Martin-Baker NACES | ||||||
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Pilot Maj. Duane
Litpak, 35, and weapons officer Capt.
Jonathan Hutchison, 29 [Can anyone match the crew names to the photos?] |
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Located and rescued by
a
Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescue crew
from Air Facility Charleston photos USCG |
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Monday 15th March 2010 20:00 |
USN |
F/A-18E Super Hornet | Strike
Fighter Squadron VFA-137 Based Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif. |
On night-time training exercise from Naval Air Station Fallon. Crashed in the Nevada desert in the Mount Callaghan area | Pilot
ejected rescued 20 minutes after ejection. Minor injuries - taken to Banner Churchill Community Hospital in Fallon |
Martin-Baker NACES | ||
| Tuesday 23rd March 2010 |
 RAF |
Hawk | Red 6 Red Arrows |
Hellenic Air
Force Base Kastelli, Crete
RAF aerobatic team, based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire |
Training exercise. Mid air collision off the coast of Crete during pre-season training in Crete and crashed onto the air field. The other aircraft involved landed safely at Iraklio Airport with the other aircraft | Flight
Lieutenant Mike Ling ejected sustained dislocated shoulder |
Martin-Baker | |
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Wednesday 31st March 2010 14:00 |
USN |
E-2C Hawkeye |
VAW-121 "The Bluetails" USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN 69 |
Crashed into the Arabian Sea about five miles from carrier returning from operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom | ??? bailed out |
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| LT Steven
Zilberman 31 bailed out missing declared deceased 6 pm (1400 GMT) on April 2 |
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MORE NEWS WHEN AVAILABLE |
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Friday 2nd April 2010 12:55 |
USAF |
T-6A Texan II |
71st Flying Training Wing
Vance Air Force Base |
Mishap during solo training mission at the south end of the air base | ||||
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Pilot ejected safely on runway |
Martin Baker Mark US16LA zero/zero ejection seat |
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| Thursday 8th April 2010 |
 French AF [Adla] |
Mirage F1 CT | serial 233 |
l'escadron 2/33 Savoie Reims |
Crashed in a field near Orleans (Loiret) while trying to land at Bricy airbase Orleans | Pilot ejected |
Martin-Baker | |
| Tuesday 13th April 2010 |
French AF |
Alpha Jet |
Athos 8 |
 Patrouille de France |
Crashed in a field in Provence, southern France |
Capitaine
Sylvain Courtot ejected Slight injuries |
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Martin-Baker |
| Wednesday 21st April 2010 |
 Belarus Air Force |
MiG-29 | 927th Fighter Airbase, Byaroza | Mid-air collision. | Aleksey
Tiborovsky ejected |
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K-36 | |
| Wednesday 21st April 2010 |
Belarus Air Force |
MiG-29 | 927th Fighter Airbase, Byaroza | Mid-air collision. Plane landed safely | Major
Sergei Mikhailov landed safely |
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K-36 | |
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Monday 10th May 2010 16:58 |
USAF |
A-10C | 23rd Wing Moody AFB |
During take-off at the south end of the Moody runway | Pilot ejected |
ACES II | ||
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Thursday 6th
May 2010 21:30 |
 PLAAF |
JJ-7 ?? |
Ji Nan AF, Shan Dong Province | Engine flamed out during night time touch and go exercises near residential area in Ji Nan City |
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JALI | ||
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Captain FENG Si Guang ejected at low level out of seat's operating envelope. Parachute did not have time to deploy and the pilot was killed |
Squadron Commander ZHANG De Shan ejected safely |
JALI | ||||||
| The crew were ordered to eject by the control tower. The crew decided to delay ejecting as they were flying over a populated area. The ejection sequence meant that the front seat pilot left the aircraft after the rear seat crew member. | ||||||||
| Tuesday 11th May 2010 |
French Air Force |
Mirage 2000 |
05/330 "Côte d'Argent" Air Base 118 Mont-de-Marsan [Base aérienne 118 de Mont-de-Marsan] |
Crashed in a wooded area seven kilometres from the airbase in southwest France | Pilot
ejected minor injuries |
SNECMA [License built Martin-Baker] | ||
| Saturday 29th May 2010 |
 Vietnam |
MiG-21 | 940 |
Air Force delegation C40 Air Force Regiment, based in Phu Cat Airport, Binh Dinh |
Flying manoeuvres over the airspace An Nhon district (Binh Dinh). Crashed during training flight into the eucalyptus forest, away from residential areas | Captain
Tran Tien
Tung ejected minor injuries |
KM-1 | |
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Saturday 29th May 2010 16:58 |
Russia |
Yak-130 | 93 | Lipetsk Air Force Training Center | Crashed near Lipetsk in central Russia | K-36 | ||
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Senior Lieutenant Evgeniy
(Evegny)
Gostev ejected |
Colonel Alexander
(Aleksandr) Kotov ejected |
K-36 | ||||||
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Thursday 3rd June 2010 12:20 |
 Serbia |
J-22 Orao (‘Eagle’) | #25156 | Ladjevci near Kraljevo Kraljevo Lađevci |
Undercarriage problems following hydraulic failure.
Flew aircraft to unpopulated area before ejecting at
low level. Crashed near airport in
(Knićko lake)
Gruzansko lake, near Kragujevac exact location to be confirmed |
Major Slobodan
Jocić ejected minor injuries |
Martin-Baker MkY-10 | |
| I'd appreciate any Serbian visitor to this web site if they can help improve the location and details of the loss from Serbian language sources | ||||||||
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Thursday 10th June 2010 10:00 |
USN |
T-45C Goshawk |
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Martin-Baker | ||||
| 163653 253 |
 Training Air Wing 2 NAS Kingsville |
Ran off runway at base while landing in routine training flight | Pilot ejected |
Martin-Baker
NACES |
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Tuesday 15th June 2010 11:15 |
IAF |
MiG-21 | Pathankot air base | Routine training flight. Crashed near the Sidhwan Khas range near Halwara Air Base |
Wing Commander Sandeep Singh ejected |
KM-1 | ||
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Thursday 24th June 2010 15:30 (local) |
 Indonesian Air Force |
KT-1B Woong Bee | Ngurah Rai International Airport, Denpasar, Bali |
Crashed during landing and burned at the airport Early reports that there was a Mid air with another aircraft have been dismissed by oficial sources |
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Martin-Baker Mk.16 | ||
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pilot Lt. Col. Ramot Sinaga ejected head injury |
passenger Maj. Gen Rachmat Budiyanto [Udayana Military Command chief] ejected leg injuries |
Martin-Baker Mk.16 |
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