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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 05 | MiG-21 UM | Sqn Ldr K Ramachandramurthy + | ASTE | Bird Hi Eng flame out Plt K in Ej Attempt 1 Surv | ||
| 13 Dec 05 | MiG-21 | Sqn Ldr Bansal | Tezpur, Pt Ej safely | |||
| 17 Jan 06 | MiG-21 Bison | | Fm Jamnagar - Rocket pod expl on firing - ejected | |||
| 21 Mar 06 | MiG-21 UM | Sqn Ldr Pramod Kumar Chhikra + Flt Lt Aniket Baliram Kolhe + | 101 Sqn | A trainer version of the MiG 21 fighter aircraft o | ||
| 18 Sep 06 | MiG-21 Bison | | No Details Source http://164.100.24.208/ls/Commit | |||
| 01 Mar 07 | MiG-21 FL | Sqn Ldr Swapan Shankar Pandey + |  | MOFTU | Cr 35km from Siliguri | |
| 22 May 07 | MiG-21 Bis | Sqn Ldr P Gautham Reddy + |  | 26 Sqn | Crash near Doda during a ESC vs CAP Sortie | |
| 15 Feb 08 | MiG-21 | Fg Offr S Agashe | Dhari and Punariya villages, about 20 km from Bhu | |||
| 23 May 08 | MiG-21 FL | Sqn Ldr S L Roy | There was a technical snag in the aircraft and one | |||
| 12 Nov 08 | MiG-21 U | Sqn Ldr Swapandeep | Cr Sibsagar Dist | |||
| 24 Nov 08 | MiG-21 | Flt Lt Anshul Khati + | MOFTU | In Memoriam | ||
| 27 May 09 | MiG-21 Bison | Air Cmde Shirish Baban Deo |  | Luni village in Mordijoshyan, near Jodhpu, AOC Jod | ||
| 18 Jun 09 | MiG-21 FL | | Crashed Assam from Chabua Pilot Ejected | |||
| 10 Sep 09 | MiG-21 M | C-1641 | Flt Lt Manu Akhouri + | 17 Sqn | crashed near Bhalaiana village in Muktsar distric | |
| 19 Feb 10 | MiG-21 FL | | Cr after TO from Bagdogra Ejected 1500 | |||
| 15 Jun 10 | MiG-21 M | Wg Cdr Sandeep Singh | Routine training flight. Crashed near the Sidhwan | |||
| 04 Feb 11 | MiG-21 Bison | CU-2818 | | TACDE | Crashed at Anup Nagar near Bela-Bhimlat village, | |
| 01 Mar 11 | MiG-21 M | C-1545 | | 37 Sqn | Cat I - Human Error (Aircrew) | |
| 02 Aug 11 | MiG-21 M | Fg Offr Suraj Mohankumar Pillai + |  | 108 Sqn | Routine training sortie. Crashed near the airfield | |
| 08 Aug 11 | MiG-21 Bison | CU-2089 | | 23 Sqn | Cat III HE(A) + TD(A) | |
| 06 Sep 11 | MiG-21 Bison | CU-2189 | | 3 Sqn | Routine training sortie. Aircraft crashed into pad | |
| 07 Oct 11 | MiG-21 M | | Crashed near Uttalai airport, Barmer district Ra | |||
| 01 Dec 11 | MiG-21 Bison | CU-2206 | | Routine training flight. Technical problems. Crash | ||
| 24 Nov 12 | MiG-21 Bison | CU-2296 | | On training sortie, crashed in Kutch 30 kilometres | ||
| 08 Jun 13 | MiG-21 Bison | | Flameout after TO from Uttarlai Pilot Ejected | |||
| 15 Jul 13 | MiG-21 Bison | Flt Lt Shikhar Deep Kulshrestha + | Cr trying to land at Uttarlai. Plt K | |||
| 20 Jan 14 | MiG-21 UM | | LSQH | |||
| 27 May 14 | MiG-21 Bison | Sqn Ldr Saurabh Raghuvanshi + |  | 51 Sqn | Bird Hit near Awantipur. Ejected | |
| 03 Jul 14 | MiG-21 Bis | | LSQH | |||
| 31 Jan 15 | MiG-21 Bison | | Cr Bed village. Pilot ejected | |||
| 24 Aug 15 | MiG-21 Bison | CU-2785 | | Cr Soibugh area near Badgam at 1059 Hrs | ||
| 12 May 16 | MiG-21 M | C-1601 | | TD | ||
| 10 Sep 16 | MiG-21 UM | U-2140 | | HE(S) + HE(A). Pilots ejected near Barmer 1215hrs | ||
| 20 Sep 16 | MiG-21 | | Aircraft overshot runway, Aircraft damaged badly | |||
| 01 Jun 18 | MiG-21 | | In June, a MiG-27 upgrade aircraft on a routine mi | |||
| 18 Jul 18 | MiG-21 Bis | C-2242 | Sqn Ldr Meet Kumar + | 26 Sqn | HE(A). Crashed near Jawali during an A&E Sortie | |
| 27 Feb 19 | MiG-21 Bison | CU-2328 | | 51 Sqn | Aircombat with F-16. Hit by AMRAAM - Ejected and t | |
| 08 Mar 19 | MiG-21 Bison | CU-2291 | | BS. An Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison aircraft airb | ||
| 25 Sep 19 | MiG-21 U | U-3286 | Sqn Ldr Shivanand | TACDE | UI (TD). Flameout on Approach | |
| 05 Jan 21 | MiG-21 Bison | CU-2308 | | 23 Sqn | ||
| 17 Mar 21 | MiG-21 Bison | Gp Capt Ashish Gupta + |  | TACDE | ||
| 20 May 21 | MiG-21 Bison | Sqn Ldr Abhinav Chaudhari + | 23 Sqn | Crashed at about 2320 hrs in village Langiana Pura | ||
| 25 Aug 21 | MiG-21 Bison | CU-2266 | | 4 Sqn | Malfunction soon after take off. Had to eject from | |
| 24 Dec 21 | MiG-21 Bison | Wg Cdr Harshit Sinha + |  | 51 Sqn | Cr near Jaisalmer. Dark Night. Went down on SRE Ap | |
| 28 Jul 22 | MiG-21 UM | Wg Cdr Mohit Rana + Flt Lt Advitiya Bal + |   | 4 Sqn | Seems to have caught fire. Did not eject | |
| 08 May 23 | MiG-21 Bison | | 23 Sqn | 0945 hours. The aircraft had got airborne for a ro |
Note: All the data available here is publicly available in the Gazette of India, published by the Indian Government, or from public domain sources, press releases about Awards and Right-To-Information (RTI) Requests. Additionally data shared by veterans is added to the page with permission. No data with respect to serving officers below the rank of AVM is displayed. Information in Gazette of India and Award citations and photographs as released by the Indian Air Force are the only details displayed.