List of Coalition aircraft losses in Afghanistan
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The following is a list of Coalition aircraft losses in Afghanistan. It covers both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
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[edit] 2007
- February 18: A US MH-47 Chinook from 2-160th SOAR carrying 22 U.S. servicemen crashed in Zabul province, killing 8 and injuring 14.[1]
[edit] 2006
- September 2: A British Nimrod MR.2 aircraft crashes near Kandahar, killing 14 crewmembers. Cause is under investigation although hostile action is not suspected.
- August 31: A Dutch F-16A Block 20 MLU fighter crashes near Ghazni, killing the pilot.[2]
- July 2: A US AH-64 Apache out of Kandahar air base crashes, killing one pilot and injuring the other.
- May 5: A US CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, killing all 10 U.S. soldiers on board.
[edit] 2005
- October 31: A Dutch CH-47D Chinook helicopter, D-104, made a hard landing after loosing power in cruise flight. There were several injuries and the aircraft was written-off. [3]
- September 25: Five US soldiers were killed when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashes in Zabul province while returning from an operation. The US military initially said there was no sign of hostile fire, but later said the helicopter crashed because of ground fire.[4]
- August 16: Seventeen Spanish soldiers were killed when their Cougar AS532 helicopter crashes near Herat. A second Spanish helicopter made an emergency landing, injuring five soldiers. The crash was an accident.
- July 27: A Dutch CH-47D Chinook helicopter, D-105, crashed in a landing incident in dust while inserting troops. No injuries but the aircraft was written-off. [5]
- June 28: A US CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed in Kunar province, killing all 16 servicemen on board. The US military says it was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade.
- June 25: A Special Forces RAF Hercules carrying the new British ambassador in Afghanistan caught fire after setting down at a landing strip outside the town of Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province. No casualties reported.[6]
- April 6: A US CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed in a sandstorm near Ghazni, killing all 15 American soldiers and three civilian contractors.
[edit] 2004
- December 16: A US OH-58 Kiowa crashes north of Shindand, in Afghanistan's Herat province, injuring its two pilots.[6]
[edit] 2003
- March 23: HH-60 Pave Hawk crashes in Afghanistan, killing six on board.
[edit] 2002
- December 21: CH-53G crashed in Kabul, killing seven German soldiers.
- August 13: HH-60 Pave Hawk crashed in Urgun, injuring six onboard. A civilian wounded in an ambush had been taken from the eastern town of Khost to a U.S. medical team in Urgun, and the Air Force helicopter was leaving when the accident occurred.[7]
- June 12: MC-130H Combat Talon crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing three of the 10 soldiers aboard.
- March 4: CH-47 Chinook helicopter hit by rocket and gunfire and crash lands. One soldier fell out of the helicopter and was killed by enemy fighters.
- February 13: MC-130P Hercules crashed in eastern Afghanistan. There were no casualties.[8]
- January 28: CH-47 Chinook crashed in eastern Afghanistan due to a dust cloud, injuring 14 soldiers.
- January 20: CH-53E from HMM-361 crashed 40 miles south of Bagram air base killing two Marines on board[9].
- January 9: KC-130 tanker crashed into Pakistani mountain, killing seven Americans on board.
[edit] 2001
- December 12: B-1B Lancer bomber en route to Afghanistan from Diego Garcia crashed in the Indian Ocean, all four crew members were rescued.
- December 6: UH-1N Huey crashes at Kandahar air base, two marines suffered minor injuries.[10]
- November 20: MH-6J crashed at base, wounding 4 on board.
- November 2: MH-53 Pave Low crashed on a special operations mission in northern Afghanistan due to bad weather, injuring the four on board.
- October 19: Black Hawk helicopter crashed at Dalbandin air base in Pakistan, killing two soldiers. The cause was dust kicked up from the helicopter's rotors.
[edit] Contract aircraft, non-military aircraft losses
- December 3, 2006 A MI-26 helicopter under contract with Dyncorp, a US security company, crashes in Afghanistan, killing the Russian crew.[11]
- July 27, 2006: A chartered Mi-8 helicopter with 16 passengers and crew crashes en route from Khost to Kabul, killing all on board including 2 Dutch ISAF soldiers. [12]
- April 24, 2006 An AN-26 leased by the US State Department and carrying US Drug agents crashes on landing at Bost airport in Lashkar Gah, killing the two Ukrainian pilots and two young girls on the ground. The plane attempted to avoid a truck during landing[13]
- November 11, 2005 A Georgian registered IL-76 operated by Pakistan's Royal Airlines, on charter to carry food for coalition troops, crashes near Khak-e-Shahidan village, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) northwest of Kabul, killing all 8 crew members (5 Russians, 2 Ukrainians and 1 Pakistani)[14]
[edit] Summary per type
[edit] Helicopters
- AH-6J: 1
- AH-64 Apache: 1
- HH-60 Pave Hawk: 2
- UH-60 Black Hawk: 1
- CH-47 Chinook: 9
- CH-53 Super Stallion: 2
- MH-53 Pave Low: 1
- OH-58 Kiowa: 1
- UH-1N Huey: 1
- Cougar AS532: 1
Total: 20 helicopters (at least 3 to hostile fire)
[edit] Fixed-Wing Aircraft
- B-1B Lancer: 1
- C-130 Hercules: 1
- F-16 Falcon: 1
- KC-130 Hercules: 1
- MC-130 Combat Talon: 2
- Nimrod MR.2: 1
Total: 7 fixed wing aircraft (0 hostile fire)
[edit] Contract non military aircraft
- AN-32: 1
- IL-76: 1
- MI-8: 1
- MI-26: 1
