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Abbreviations: D: Date N/U: Nationality/Units T: Type S: Serials

D: Nov 18

N: Peruvian Air Force

T: Mi-17-1V

S: FAP-614

Three people on board this

helicopter were slightly injured

when it force-landed in the Valle

de los Ríos Apurímac, Ene y

Mantaro (VRAEM) area at around

1620hrs. It was on a flight from

the Canayre district to Mazamari

when a bird strike shut down

the engines, forcing the crew

to make an emergency landing

near the town of Canayre.

D: Nov 20

N: US Air Force/47th Flying

Training Wing

T: T-38C Talon

During a training flight from

Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas,

the aircraft crashed at around

1600hrs and caught fire. It

was about 14 miles (22.5km)

northwest of the base, near Spur

454 and US 90, close to Lake

Amistad in Val Verde County,

north-northwest of Del Rio. One

pilot, Captain Paul J Barbour

• the aircrew flight equipment
  flight commander with the 47th
  Operations Support Squadron
  and an instructor pilot with the
  87th Flying Training Squadron


• was killed. The other, Capt
  Joshua Hammervold, an
  instructor pilot for the 87th FTS,
  ejected, but was injured – he
  was taken to Val Verde Regional
  Medical Center, and released the
  following day in good condition.

D: Nov 21

N: Indian Navy/INAS 342

T: Searcher UAV

Following a technical malfunction

shortly after take-off, this UAV

crashed at 1025hrs north of

the naval airfield at Kochi,

Wellington Island, Kerala.

D: Nov 21

N: Syrian Arab Air Force

T: L-39 Albatros

Crew members Major Ali Mustafa

and Captain Sulaiman Yunes

were both killed when this

aircraft crashed on approach

to land at Deir ez-Zor air base

after being hit by ground fire.

D: Nov 22

N: US Navy/VRC-30 Det 5

T: C-2A Greyhound

S: 162175 ‘33’

While en route from Marine Corps

Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, to

the aircraft carrier USS Ronald

Above: RNoAF/330 skvadron AW101 Srs 612 0268 at Sola following its rollover

during a ground test on November 24.

Reagan (CVN 76), the aircraft

encountered a technical problem

and the pilot was forced to ditch

in the ocean southeast of Okinawa

at around 1445hrs local time.

Eight of the 11 on board were

safely rescued at 1523hrs but the

search for the remaining three

was suspended on November 24

and they are presumed dead.

D: Nov 24

N: Indian Air Force

T: HJT-16 Kiran

The pilot ejected safely after a

technical malfunction shortly

after take-off from Hakimpet

Air Force Station, Hyderabad.

The Kiran crashed at Siddipet,

Telangana. The pilot was taken

to hospital with minor injuries.

D: Nov 24

N: Royal Norwegian Air

Force/330 skvadron

T: AW101 Srs 612

S: 0268

While ground running at

Stavanger-Sola flystasjon (air

station), the helicopter flipped

over onto its side, for reasons yet

undetermined. There were no

injuries reported to the two crew

on board and three technical

personnel standing nearby, but

the helicopter, which had only

been delivered on November 17,

was extensively damaged (see

also Continental Europe, p10).

D: Nov 28

N: Mexican Air Force

T: Bell 407GX

S: 1302

Fumigating illicit poppy plantation

activities, this helicopter crashed

at around 1030hrs, 18 miles

(29km) northwest of Chilpancingo,

Guerrero state, killing the pilot.

D: Dec 1

N: Syrian Arab Air Force

T: Mi-14

Syrian Mount Hermon rebels

reportedly downed this helicopter

in southwestern Syria with a 9K38

Igla missile system, killing three

officers – Colonel Mohammed

Saqr, Colonel Kemal Ibrahim and

Major Kemal Ali Hassan. The

Mi-14 came down near the village

of Beit Jinn, western Ghouta,

close to the border with Lebanon.

Additional material from:

Rick Burgess, Donny Chan,

Dino van Doorn and Scramble/

Dutch Aviation Society.

Mishap F-35A

heads for

repairs

Above: Damaged US Air Force F-35A Lightning II 12-5052 ‘LF’ is lifted by a crane for loading onto a flatbed trainer

at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, on November 2, 2017, before transportation to Hill AFB, Utah, for repairs.

The fighter was seriously damaged by an engine fire on the ground at Mountain Home on September 23, 2016, the

cause of which was subsequently confirmed as a strong tailwind – see Attrition, September 2017, p88. USAF/Airman

1st Class Jeremy D Wolff

AFM

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