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to a halt on the runway with a
serious fire in the affected engine.
Both crew exited safely and fire
crews extinguished the flames,
but the MiG was reportedly
damaged beyond repair.
D: May 22
N/U: Royal Thai Air Force/41
Wing/411 Squadron
T: L-39ZA/ART Albatros
S: KhF1-14/37/365416
Following a technical malfunction,
this aircraft crashed on the
Bhumibol Dam Golf Course, in
the Sam Ngao district of Tak
Province, near the Myanmar
border. One crew member was
killed and the other seriously
injured. The jet had taken off
from Chiang Mai, where it was
operated by 41 Wing, although
it still carried the markings
of 4 Wing/401 Squadron.
D: May 23
N: Indian Air Force
T: HAL315B Cheetah
This helicopter crashed while
attempting to land at the Natha
Top helipad in Jammu and
Kashmir following a routine
mission from Jammu. Both crew
members and the two passengers
on board escaped safely.
D: May 23
N/U: US Air Force/14th Flying
Training Wing
T: T-38C Talon
This aircraft crashed in a remote
area close to Columbus Air
Force Base, Mississippi, shortly
after take-off from there for a
routine training flight. Both pilots
ejected safely and were taken to
a local hospital for evaluation.
D: May 24
N/U: Brazilian Air Force/
Ala 12/1°/14° GAv
T: F-5FM
S: 4811 (ex-RJAF/1576)
This aircraft crashed in a forested
area near the Rio-Santos highway,
due to a technical fault shortly
after take-off from Base Aérea
de Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro,
for a training flight. The two crew
ejected safely but suffered some
injuries, and were taken to an air
force hospital for treatment.D: May 24
N: Kuwait Ministry of Interior/
Police
T: AS365N3 Dauphin
S: KMOI-03
A short circuit in an air
conditioning unit resulted in
a major fire which destroyed
this helicopter and most of
the police hangar in which
it was parked at Abdullah
Al-Mubarak/Nawaf Ahmed
Air Base, Kuwait International
Airport. Another Dauphin in
the building was successfully
saved from the blaze, which also
spread to a second hangar.D: May 29
N: Islamic Republic of Iran
Army Aviation
T: Fajr Aviation and
Composites Industries Fajr-3
S: 6-5002
Both the instructor and student
pilot in this aircraft were killed
when it crashed at Van Abad,
south of Tehran, following a
technical failure shortly after
take-off from Tehran-Imam
Khomeini International Airport. It
had landed at the airport after atechnical problem and took off
again after the fault had been
rectified, but crashed almost
immediately afterwards.D: May 29
N: Russian DOSAAF
T: Mi-2
This helicopter was reported
missing in Transbaikalia and
later found by forestry workers,
having made an emergency
landing with engine failure in the
Kyrinsky district of the Zabaikalsky
region. The three occupants
were uninjured but the Mi-2 was
destroyed by an ensuing fire.D: May 31
N: Royal Saudi Land Forces
T: AH-64 Apache
Yemeni Houthi rebels claimed to
have shot down this helicopter
while it was flying over Jahfan in
the Jizan region of Saudi Arabia,
killing both crew members. There
has been no official confirmation
of the loss from Saudi sources.D: May 31
N/U: Venezuelan Bolivarian
Navy/Escuadrón Aeronaval
de Helicópteros
T: AB212AS
S: ANB-0305
During a training flight at its base
at Puerto Cabello, Carabobo
State, this helicopter’s two engines
lost power and it crashed onto
the runway. The student pilot was
killed and the seriously injured
instructor taken to the Hospital
Militar Carlos Arvelo in Caracas.D: Jun 2
N/U: Islamic Republic of Iran
Air Force/F-7 CCTST: Guizhou F T-7N
S: 3-7 723
This aircraft crashed near
Hassan Abad, Jarqavieh Oliya
district, in Isfahan province,
after engine failure on a
routine training mission.
Both the instructor pilot and
student ejected safely.D: Jun 3
N/U: Algerian Air Force/
2e Escadre de Transport
Tactique et Logistique
T: C-130H Hercules
S: 7T-WHT
After undertaking a paradropping
exercise at the Biskra Special
Forces High School, this Hercules
flew back to nearby Biskra air
base, where it made a very heavy
landing at 0900hrs, breaking the
fuselage in half just aft of the
wing. The nine crew members
were all seriously injured.D: Jun 4
N/U: Republic of China Air
Force/401st Tactical
Composite Wing
T: F-16A
S: 6685
This Fighting Falcon was reported
missing while participating
in the Han Kuang military
exercise in a mountainous
area of Nuannuan District,
Keelung. The F-16 disappeared
from radar approximately 30
minutes after take-off from
its home base at Hualien.
The pilot, Major Wu, was
subsequently confirmed killed.Additional material from: Donny
Chan, Juan Carlos Cicalesi and
Scramble/Dutch Aviation Society.Above: ROCAF F-16A serial 6685 was the aircraft lost in a fatal accident on June 4. Formosa Military Image Press
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