LOSSES
Compiled by Tom Kaminski- Two soldiers aboard a Turkish
Army T129A were killed when the
helicopter crashed on February 10.
The ATAK was apparently shot down
while conducting a combat mission
against Syrian Kurdish rebels. It
reportedly came down near Qaddah
village, in the Afrin district of north-
western Syria. - Both crew aboard an Israeli Air
Force F-16D ejected safely before
the ghter crashed on February 10.
The aircraft was brought down by
Syrian anti-aircraft re. It crashed in
the Jezreel Valley of northern Israel. - An F-5E operated by the Kenya
Air Force crashed on February 8.
The pilot ejected safely before the
aircraft came down near the Ilgwesi
Conservancy in eastern Kenya. - An unidenti ed Tunisian Air
Force helicopter crashed shortly
after take-o from a military base in
Bou cha on February 7. One crew
member was killed and two others
seriously injured. - A T-50B trainer operated by
the Republic of Korea Air Force’s
Black Eagles display team skidded
o the runway and ipped onto
its back during take-o at Changi
International Airport, Singapore on
February 6. The mishap occurred
while the team was conducting a
display during the Singapore Air
Show. A post-crash re was quickly
extinguished. The pilot of display
aircraft number 6 escaped with
minor injuries.- The pilot and gunner aboard
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
AH-64D serial 74502 were killed
when the helicopter crashed in the
south-western prefecture of Saga
on February 5. The helicopter, which
had been assigned to the 3rd Anti-
tank Helicopter Squadron at Camp
Metaburu, apparently struck a house
when it went down in a residential
area of Kanzaki. - A Falcon 7X being used by
French President Emmanuel Macron
was damaged in a ground mishap
while taxiing at Saint-Louis Airport
in Senegal on February 3. The
French leader was apparently own
to Dakar aboard the Senegalese
president’s A319, while the level of
damage to the Falcon’s horizontal
stabilizer was determined. - Su-25SM RF-95486 (c/n 10393)
operated by the Russian Air Force
was shot down near Sarakeeb in
Syria’s Idlib province on February
- The pilot reportedly ejected but
landed in an area controlled by the
Al-Nusra terrorist group and was
killed by militants on the ground.
The aircraft was apparently brought
down by man-portable air-defense
system (MANPADS).- T-41D serial 603 (R172-0395)
operated by the Uruguayan Air
Force ditched in the Atlantic Ocean,
close to Mansa Beach, following an
apparent engine failure in Punta del
Este, Uruguay on February 2. Three
crew were rescued. - Two French Army Aviation
SA342M helicopters crashed
following a mid-air collision in
south-eastern France on February
- Five soldiers were killed in the
mishap, which occurred south of
Lake Carcès near Brignoles in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.
The Gazelles and personnel were
assigned to the Army School of
Light Aviation.
- An aircraft, believed to be a
Shaanxi Y 8GX 3 command,
control, communications and
intelligence C3I) platform, operated
by China’s People’s Liberation Army
Air Force was destroyed when it
impacted terrain near Zhengchang,
in China’s south-western Guizhou
Province, on January 29. The aircraft
reportedly carried a ight crew of
ve and seven military personnel
and there were no survivors. - EA-18G serial A46-311 (BuNo
169158), operated by the Royal
Australian Air Force’s No 6
Squadron, was heavily damaged
after su ering an apparent engine
failure that resulted in an aborted
take-o on January 27. The pilot and
electronic warfare o cer egressed
safely on the ground, but the aircraft
su ered signi cant damage that
resulted from a re following the
emergency. The Growler was one of
four deployed to Nellis AFB, Nevada,
for a ‘Red Flag’ exercise.- Two US Army soldiers were
killed when their AH-64E crashed
during a night-time training mission
at the National Training Center at
Fort Irwin, California, on January
- The helicopter and crew had
been assigned to the 4th Infantry
Division’s 4th battalion, 4th Aviation
Regiment at Fort Carson, Colorado.
- CN235M-100 serial 98-148 (c/n
C-148) operated by the Turkish
Air Force crashed near Hodulluca
Mevkii in the Yalvaç district of
Turkey’s southern Isparta province
on January 17. The three-person
crew was killed when the transport
impacted a snow-covered hillside in
rain and heavy fog. - Mi-17-1V serial EJC3380
(c/n 170M06) operated by the
Colombian Army crashed near
Segovia in the northern Antioquia
province on January 16. Four crew
and six passengers, including four
soldiers and two civilians, were killed
when the helicopter went down in
bad weather. - An An-2 operated by the
Kazakhstan Air Force crashed
during take-o at near Zhetygen
air base on January 16. No serious
injuries were reported in the mishap.
THE LATEST TWO Euro ghter
Typhoons for the Royal Air Force
of Oman (RAFO) recently passed
through Luqa in Malta and RAF
Akrotiri in Cyprus on delivery to
the Gulf state. The jets, serials 215
(NS006, ZR406) and 216 (NS007,
ZR407), bring the total RAFO
deliveries to date to 10, from an
order for 12 aircraft — three twin-seaters and nine single-seaters.
The two aircraft had completed
their maiden ights on August
22 and September 7 last year,
respectively.
The Sultanate of Oman
announced its decision to
purchase 12 Typhoons along with
eight Hawk Mk166 advanced jet
trainers in December 2012.Single-seat Typhoon serial 216
(NS007, ZR407) is one of the
latest pair of jets to be delivered
to Oman. Babak TaghvaeeMORE OMANI
TYPHOONS ON DELIVERY
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