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July 20: A British Royal Air Force GR4 Tornado fighter jet crashed at Kandahar air base during takeoff at 7:20 a.m. The two pilots were injured after ejecting from the aircraft. [144] July 18: A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet crashed in central Afghanistan, killing the two crew members. [145]
The aircraft involved was a Bombardier Global Express outfitted by Northrop Grumman as an E-11A of the United States Air Force. [17] Video of the crash scene shows that the aircraft serial number was 11–9358, [18] msn 9358.
6 April 1986 – An Su-25 strike jet was shot down by a Pakistan Air Force F-16, pilot Alexander Rutskoy safely ejects. 18 April 1986 – An Su-25 strike jet was shot down. 21 April 1986 – An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing two. 2 May 1986 – An Mi-24 assault helicopter was shot down.
A former Afghan Air Force pilot training for a commercial license ignored his flight instructor's advice to not return to the Independence State Airport because of low visibility earlier in December.
On 6 August 2011, a U.S. CH-47D Chinook military helicopter operating with the call sign Extortion 17 (pronounced "one-seven") was shot down while transporting a Quick Reaction Force attempting to reinforce a Joint Special Operations Command unit of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Tangi Valley in Maidan Wardak province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan.
A helicopter used by the Afghan air force crashed as it attempted an emergency landing in central Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring 12, the defence ministry said. The Mi17 ...
This is a list of aircraft shootdowns, dogfights and other incidents during wars since World War II.An aircraft shootdown occurs when an aircraft is struck by a projectile launched or fired from another aircraft or from the ground (anti-aircraft warfare) which causes the targeted aircraft to lose its ability to continue flying normally, and then subsequently crashing into land or sea, often ...
A former Afghan Air Force pilot training for a commercial license in Oregon ignored his flight instructor's advice to not return to a small airport because of low visibility. Local nonprofit Salem ...