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| 1963 : 2 | 1965 : 4 | 1966 : 1 | 1968 : 4 | 1969 : 2 | 1970 : 5 | 1971 : 11 | 1972 : 8 | 1973 : 5 | 1974 : 4 | 1975 : 5 | 1976 : 5 | 1977 : 2 | 1978 : 2 | 1979 : 6 |
| 1980 : 3 | 1981 : 3 | 1982 : 8 | 1983 : 2 | 1984 : 1 | 1985 : 6 | 1986 : 8 | 1987 : 6 | 1988 : 14 | 1989 : 9 | 1990 : 6 | 1991 : 8 | 1992 : 7 | 1993 : 7 | 1994 : 12 |
| 1995 : 3 | 1996 : 9 | 1997 : 6 | 1998 : 9 | 1999 : 16 | 2000 : 9 | 2001 : 12 | 2002 : 12 | 2003 : 4 | 2004 : 2 | 2005 : 4 | 2006 : 3 | 2007 : 2 | 2008 : 4 | 2009 : 3 |
| 2010 : 2 | 2011 : 7 | 2012 : 1 | 2013 : 2 | 2014 : 3 | 2015 : 2 | 2016 : 3 | 2018 : 2 | 2019 : 3 | 2021 : 5 | 2022 : 1 | 2023 : 1 |
A total of 296 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Apr 93 | MiG-21 | | Rajasansi AFS Amritsar Tyre Burst on Ldg. The air | |||
| 26 Jun 93 | MiG-21 M | Fg Offr Prem Handa + | 101 Sqn | Cr bhind Dist on Army Camp 4 K on Gd | ||
| 24 Aug 93 | MiG-21 M | C-1540 | Sqn Ldr Ajit V Patwardhan |  | 29 Sqn | Ejected while carrying out RP dives on Sarmat Rang |
| 30 Sep 93 | MiG-21 | Fg Offr Dilip Khurana + | 45 Sqn | Cr near Nalia AFS Kutch due to disorientation | ||
| 14 Feb 94 | MiG-21 | Plt Offr Anup Negi + | 8 Sqn | Baghdogra AF Cr on runway on lndg | ||
| 21 Feb 94 | MiG-21 FL | Plt Offr Pagidimarri Upendra + | MOFTU | Cr Dekurgaon Central Assam | ||
| 01 Mar 94 | MiG-21 Bis | | 37 Sqn | DNE - caught fire due to fuel leak on runway | ||
| 10 Mar 94 | MiG-21 | | DNE - Crashed on Runway at Ambala Pilot Killed | |||
| 15 Mar 94 | MiG-21 | | DNE - Hit a hill over Pathankot - Pilot Killed | |||
| 29 Mar 94 | MiG-21 Bis | Sqn Ldr Pawan Arora | Canopy Failure Eject Ambala | |||
| 19 Jul 94 | MiG-21 UM | Fg Offr Sumit Malhotra + Sqn Ldr Bhanu Pratap Pachauri + |  | 26 Sqn | Crashed during a cloud flying sortie NE of shahpur | |
| 11 Aug 94 | MiG-21 Bis | C-2217 | | Pilot ejected after systems failure | ||
| 25 Aug 94 | MiG-21 FL | C-761 | | MOFTU | Cr Tezpur after badlanding | |
| 17 Sep 94 | MiG-21 U | Wg Cdr A K Jain | Jamnagar AFS Emgncy Ldng HitTruck 2 k | |||
| 18 Oct 94 | MiG-21 M | Fg Offr Pankaj Ahluwalia + |  | 101 Sqn | From Sirsa Cr | |
| 12 Dec 94 | MiG-21 Bis | C-2277 | | Rolled over on landing and Cat2 Damage. | ||
| 06 Jan 95 | MiG-21 Bis | C-2251 | | Flameout after birdhit Pilot Ejected | ||
| 09 Jun 95 | MiG-21 | C-1666 | | aircraft lost as pilot ejected | ||
| 05 Sep 95 | MiG-21 | Fg Offr Ranbir Singh Riar + | 45 Sqn | In Memoriam | ||
| 11 Feb 96 | MiG-21 | Fg Offr Gaurav Saxena + | 101 Sqn | Cr 910km from Bikaner Pt K. Dt could be 12-2-96 | ||
| 12 Feb 96 | MiG-21 M | Gp Capt Vinod Kumar Verma |  | 17 Sqn | Stn Cdr 34 Wg Bhatinda. he ejected from a Mig - 21 | |
| 13 Mar 96 | MiG-21 | | From Adampur, Cr nr Jalandhar Pt BO | |||
| 28 Mar 96 | MiG-21 | | Cr at Ozhar due to faulty fuel tank | |||
| 04 Apr 96 | MiG-21 FL | Wg Cdr Nuthalapati Koteswara Rao + |  | MOFTU | Tejpur during landing phase. | |
| 01 Jun 96 | MiG-21 Bis | Flt Lt Alok Chauhan | 32 Sqn | DNE. bird hit immediately after take off leading t | ||
| 17 Jul 96 | MiG-21 | | Cr near Salempur Pt Ejected Engine Failure | |||
| 07 Oct 96 | MiG-21 Bis | Wg Cdr Ranbir Singh | Cr 3km from Zikrapur Punjab. Ejected on short fina | |||
| 17 Oct 96 | MiG-21 | | Cr Noriati Sonitpur Pt Ejected | |||
| 29 Jan 97 | MiG-21 Bis | | 108 km from Pathankot | |||
| 09 Jun 97 | MiG-21 M | Fg Offr Tofkar | 065/15 Kms from Nal A/F | |||
| 21 Jun 97 | MiG-21 FL | Flt Lt Satish Ramanathan + | 52 Sqn | MACW Mig after TO frm Chabua | ||
| 21 Jun 97 | MiG-21 FL | Plt Offr Ritul Srivastava + |  | 52 Sqn | MACW MiG Chbua Both Pts Killed | |
| 02 Sep 97 | MiG-21 FL | C-992 | | |||
| 17 Sep 97 | MiG-21 Bis | | Bhuj Airfield Tech Defect | |||
| 21 Jan 98 | MiG-21 M | Fg Offr Harbinder Singh |  | Cr outside Sirsa Engine Failure | ||
| 21 Mar 98 | MiG-21 Bis | | Cr near Chandigarh - MoD statement in LS | |||
| 12 May 98 | MiG-21 M | Air Cmde Arun Kumar Tiwary |  | Pathankot 4k on gd | ||
| 04 Jun 98 | MiG-21 Bis | Fg Offr Samir Kashinath Nerkar + | 4 Sqn | |||
| 24 Jun 98 | MiG-21 Bis | | ||||
| 27 Jul 98 | MiG-21 UM | Sqn Ldr Sanjay Chaudhary | MiG21 crashed in the Assam | |||
| 14 Aug 98 | MiG-21 Bis | Fg Offr C G Trivedi | Cr barmer dist. From Uttarlai | |||
| 07 Oct 98 | MiG-21 Bis | Flt Lt Rakesh Kumar Kamboj + | 51 Sqn | Cr Niligrant Sonamarg Dist. | ||
| 27 Oct 98 | MiG-21 M | Fg Offr Manu Srivastava + |  | 108 Sqn | Pathankot AFB Cr Kangra Dist | |
| 15 Mar 99 | MiG-21 U | Sqn Ldr Arvind Kumar Dwivedi Lt U V Bishnoi |  | Dibrugarh, Assam 2 Pts Ejected | ||
| 16 Mar 99 | MiG-21 | Fg Offr Kuldeep Singh + | 45 Sqn | Nalia AFB Cr Kotadi Mahadevpura Vill | ||
| 26 Mar 99 | MiG-21 Bis | Fg Offr Rakesh Gupta + | 23 Sqn | Tolewala Bridge Sangrur Pt Ejected | ||
| 07 Apr 99 | MiG-21 | Wg Cdr Anup Ghosh |  | 3 Sqn | Rajasansi AB Bird Hit | |
| 13 Apr 99 | MiG-21 M | | 101 Sqn | Technical Defect, Quill Shaft failure. Pilot eject | ||
| 13 May 99 | MiG-21 | | Nal | |||
| 27 May 99 | MiG-21 M | C-1539 | Sqn Ldr Ajay Ahuja + |  | 17 Sqn | SD by Pak Army Anza Missile in Kargil Ops |
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