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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


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.

DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
17 Jun 99 MiG-21 Flt Lt Mishra
Flt Lt Jiju Thomas +		 MOFTU Tezpur AFB, Cr Karbi Anglong Village
19 Jun 99 MiG-21 Fg Offr Amit Singh +
 Click to View Record 4 Sqn Near Barmer, Eng failure due to Bird Strike
23 Jun 99 MiG-21 Bis Fg Offr Sanjay Karki +
 Click to View Record 26 Sqn Crashed during a sortie on circuit to land near Bh
18 Aug 99 MiG-21 Bis Flt Lt Kuldhir Singh Deswal
 51 Sqn Ejected Take Off from Srinagar AFB
18 Aug 99 MiG-21 Bis Fg Offr Gursimart Singh Dhindsa +
 51 Sqn Cr on Take Off from Srinagar AFB
13 Sep 99 MiG-21
Cr while Landing at Uttarlai Pt Ejected
14 Sep 99 MiG-21 Fg Offr Rajnish Sisodia +
 51 Sqn Cr Ushu Forests, Udhampur Gorakhpur
03 Dec 99 MiG-21 Fg Offr Pankaj Kumar Joshi +
 21 Sqn Cr Zikrapur, Chandigarh AFB, Pt Ejected Killed
15 Dec 99 MiG-21 FL C-706 Sqn Ldr Gurcharan Arora
 30 Sqn Tezpur Pt Ejected. No Casualities on Ground
06 May 00 MiG-21
Ambala
23 May 00 MiG-21 Bis Fg Offr Ajay Jetley +
 26 Sqn Nimbala vill 32km fm Barmer , TO Uttarlai 07156 Hr
13 Jul 00 MiG-21 U Wg Cdr Anil Kumar Murgai +
Sqn Ldr Vinay Kumar Srivastava +		 Click to View Record 8 Sqn KKD Cr Midnapore
05 Aug 00 MiG-21 Bis Flt Lt Shreya Shukla +
 Click to View Record 21 Sqn Cr in Palam AFS after TO, birdhit and fire
13 Oct 00 MiG-21 M Sqn Ldr Mohan Kumar +
 37 Sqn Bikaner, Cr Dingsari Killing one on ground
16 Oct 00 MiG-21 U Fg Offr Jodh Singh +
Sqn Ldr Kago Gyati		 MOFTU MACW MiG Darrang Sonitpur Sqn Ldr Kago Ejected
16 Oct 00 MiG-21 U
MOFTU MACW MiG Darrang Sonitpur , Assam Dist.
06 Nov 00 MiG-21 Sqn Ldr Sudipta Bandopadhaya
 Cr Pathankot AFS, Pilot Baled out
18 Dec 00 MiG-21 Bis Fg Offr Umesh Chandra Chaudhary +
 4 Sqn Cr Samu Vill, from Uttarlai Airfield
10 Feb 01 MiG-21 Bis Fg Offr Amandeep Singh Gill Rana +
 Click to View Record 45 Sqn Cr TO
23 Feb 01 MiG-21 U Sqn Ldr Yellapragada Mohan Ram +
 Click to View Record 30 Sqn Cr Sonitpur dist Assam at Bargang Village
27 Mar 01 MiG-21
Cr Dhanga Pir, Nurpur Dist HP
10 Apr 01 MiG-21 Bis Flt Lt P K Arun +
 51 Sqn CFIT near Toshe Maidan. Srinagar
06 May 01 MiG-21 Bis Fg Offr Ajay Sharma +
 23 Sqn Cr during Ex Pvijay Rajasthan
08 Jun 01 MiG-21 M Fg Offr S Sharma
 Cr Kangra Dist, TO from Pathankot
28 Aug 01 MiG-21 FL Fg Offr Amit Bansal +
 MOFTU Cr Dipota Grid Substation Sonitpur Dist Assam
11 Sep 01 MiG-21
Dipota, Assam
17 Sep 01 MiG-21 Bis C-2071 Flt Lt Abhijeet Anil Gadgil +
 Click to View Record 23 Sqn Cr TO from Suratgarh, Bikaner 2010 Hrs
26 Sep 01 MiG-21 M Sardanand
 TO Pathankot, Cr Dasuya Pt BO
13 Dec 01 MiG-21 Bis Sqn Ldr Madhukar Seth +
 4 Sqn Cr Landing at Uttarlai Pt Killed
27 Dec 01 MiG-21 FL
04 Apr 02 MiG-21 Bis Sqn Ldr Prashant Kumar Bundela +
 Click to View Record 32 Sqn Cr Jhelu-Gagari vill Jodhpur Dist died 17 Aug 02
20 Apr 02 MiG-21 UM Sqn Ldr Tarique Jamil Ahmad Khan +
Fg Offr Deepak Dahiya +		 Click to View Record MOFTU Sqn Ldr Khan and Fg Offr Dahiya were on a fighter
26 Apr 02 MiG-21 M Fg Offr Paul
 Cr near Sirsa, Pt BO
03 May 02 MiG-21 Bis C-2797 Flt Lt S K Nayak
 23 Sqn Ejected over Jallandhar City - Eight on Ground k
27 Jun 02 MiG-21 Bis
Barrackpore Rs 1.5 Cr Loss
15 Jul 02 MiG-21 UM U-1729 Sqn Ldr Rethivedi Duraiswami Hemraj
 8 Sqn TO from Baghdogra. Both Pilots ejected after TD
09 Sep 02 MiG-21 Bison Sqn Ldr Rajat Nangia
 3 Sqn Cr. Naggal area near Ambala Pilot BO
09 Sep 02 MiG-21 Bis C-276? Flt Lt Rajat Tyagi
 Rajasthan. Pilot Baled out
11 Oct 02 MiG-21 UM
MOFTU Cr Rangapura Sonitpur dist, assam Plts BO, Tezpur
21 Oct 02 MiG-21 Bis C-2800 Flt Lt Pratap Singh
 Ejected on approach to Uttarlai - Night flying
14 Nov 02 MiG-21 UM Wg Cdr Naresh Dogra +
Fg Offr Abhimanyu Singh Chauhan +		 Click to View Record 8 Sqn TO from Baghdogra
26 Dec 02 MiG-21 Bis Fg Offr B K Singh
 Cr near Badgam at Srinagar Airfield Pt Ejected
07 Apr 03 MiG-21 Bison Flt Lt H Garg
 3 Sqn TO from Ambala Pt Ejected
04 Jun 03 MiG-21 Bis Flt Lt Dipankar Singh Jamwal +
 4 Sqn Cr Sinadari Barmer Dist during LL flt 54km from Ut
14 Jul 03 MiG-21 UM U-3284 Wg Cdr Rakesh Rastogi +
Flt Lt Ganesh Balakrishnan +		 51 Sqn Cr 2230 Hrs Srinagar AF
28 Nov 03 MiG-21 Bis Fg Offr A Gupta
 Cr Rajasthan at Nal
20 Feb 04 MiG-21 M C-1635
Cr near Jamnagar 4k on grd Pt BO
01 Nov 04 MiG-21 Bis C-2084
Cr Bikaner Canasaur, from Nal TO 2140
04 Jan 05 MiG-21 Bis C-2236
Cr after TO Nal, Bikaner
08 Mar 05 MiG-21 Bis Fg Offr Tushar Shamrao Chavan +
 15 Sqn Veered off runway after landing hit pump wrks. Sha

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