Military Aircraft Losses, Crashes & Deliveries

1. AUG 262026 7× S-70i Delivered 🇵🇭 Philippines · Final seven S-70i handed over at Villamor AB, completing the 32-helicopter order and taking the fleet to 47.
2. AUG 252026 C212 Damaged 🇮🇩 Indonesia · Right main tyre burst on landing at Sultan Hasanuddin AB; the Aviocar veered 26 m off runway 03, three crew unhurt.
3. AUG 252026 S-70/EH/HH/MH/UH-60 Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · 160th SOAR MH-60 hard-landed near Golden Gate Canyon, Colorado; all three rotor blades damaged, crew of four uninjured.
4. AUG 242026 Gripen C Crash 🇭🇺 Hungary · Crashed near Szolnok during a morning flight; the pilot ejected and was taken to hospital without injuries.
5. AUG 242026 Su-27/30 Damaged 🇮🇩 Indonesia · Overran runway 13 at Sultan Hasanuddin AB; smoke trailed the aircraft and dry grass caught fire, no injuries.
6. AUG 242026 MiG-29 Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Struck by Ukrainian long-range drones at Millerovo Air Base near Dolotinka, Rostov Oblast; third Russian fighter reached in two days.
7. AUG 232026 Su-27/30 Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Damaged by a Ukrainian drone at Vityazevo airfield near Anapa; the warhead detonated beside the parked jet and started a fire.
8. AUG 232026 MiG-29 Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Damaged in the same Ukrainian drone raid on Vityazevo airfield near Anapa, alongside a Flanker and a Kronshtadt Orion.
9. AUG 232026 Orion (Inokhodets) Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Kronshtadt Orion strike drone hit by Ukrainian drones at Vityazevo airfield near Anapa, in the same raid that struck two fighters.
10. AUG 222026 Su-24 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Destroyed by Ukrainian drones at Saky AB alongside four pieces of airfield equipment and drone control points.
11. AUG 222026 127× Beechjet T-1A Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Type retired after 34 years as Vance AFB, the last base to fly it, held sunset events on 21-22 August; survivors go to the boneyard.
12. AUG 202026 Super Etendard Retired 🇦🇷 Argentina · Type formally retired under Plan Dedalo; the five Super Etendard Modernise bought in 2018 never entered Argentine service.
13. AUG 202026 Su-34 Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Su-34 substantially damaged by Ukrainian long-range drones while parked at Akhtubinsk Air Base, Astrakhan Oblast; fuel spill and fire followed.
14. AUG 182026 F-15J Damaged 🇯🇵 Japan · Left main landing gear collapsed on landing at Naha; the jet slid on its wingtip and swung 180 degrees, pilot unhurt.
15. AUG 172026 SR20 Crash 🇫🇷 France · Forced landing on a departmental road near Salon-de-Provence during a training flight; the aircraft caught fire, both occupants slightly injured.
16. AUG 172026 2× MQ-9B SeaGuardian Ordered 🇮🇳 India · Thirty-month lease of two more MQ-9B SeaGuardian signed with General Atomics for 19.43 billion rupees; brings the Indian Navy's leased fleet to four pending the 2029 deliveries of the 31 aircraft ordered in 2024.
17. AUG 172026 Beechcraft 1900 Damaged 🇲🇱 Mali · Forced landing in open ground 2 km short of Tombouctou Airport after an engine failed on climb-out; all 19 on board unhurt.
18. AUG 142026 12× UH-72A Lakota Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Contract for up to 12 UH-72B Lakota worth 115.4 million dollars; work at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, through December 2030.
19. AUG 142026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · IRGC claimed shootdown near Qeshm Island in Hormozgan province; unconfirmed by US officials.
20. AUG 132026 Mi-8/17 Damaged 🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Rotor struck a pole while landing in Nusay, Badakhshan, per Defence Ministry; no injuries. Opposition claims a shootdown, unconfirmed.
21. AUG 132026 9× MQ-9 Reaper Other 🇺🇸 United States · Nine further Reapers lost beyond the individually documented losses; the war total is put at at least 45, about a quarter of the fleet.
22. AUG 122026 F-16C/D Crash 🇹🇷 Turkey · Crashed during a training flight near Çiftlikköy, Yalova Province; the pilot ejected and was recovered unhurt.
23. AUG 122026 AH-64D/E Crash 🇺🇸 United States · Crashed during a training flight near Salado, Texas; both crew members killed and a 155-acre grass fire started.
24. AUG 112026 L-39 Crash 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Crashed in East Shewa after reportedly coming under Oromo Liberation Army ground fire; both pilots ejected and were rescued.
25. AUG 102026 MiG-29 Crash 🇺🇦 Ukraine · Lost over Odesa Oblast during a combat mission against aerial targets; an anomaly during a missile launch set the aircraft alight, pilot ejected.
26. AUG 92026 2× Mi-24 Transfer 🇩🇿 Algeria · Two Mi-24V donated to Niger; flown from the forward deployment base at In Guezzam to Niamey airport.
27. AUG 92026 2× Mi-8/17/171 Transfer 🇩🇿 Algeria · Two Mi-171 donated to Niger; flown from the forward deployment base at In Guezzam to Niamey airport.
28. AUG 92026 2× Mi-24/35 Delivered 🇳🇪 Niger · Two Mi-24V received from Algeria at Niamey airport, with type-specific ammunition and spare parts.
29. AUG 92026 2× Mi-17 Delivered 🇳🇪 Niger · Two Mi-171 received from Algeria at Niamey airport, with type-specific ammunition and spare parts.
30. AUG 42026 C-390 Ordered 🇨🇴 Colombia · Contract signed for two KC-390 Millennium transports worth 366 million dollars; one configured as a tanker for the incoming Gripen fleet.
31. AUG 42026 F-15DJ Damaged 🇯🇵 Japan · Suffered hydraulic failure during training over the Sea of Japan; emergency-landed via arresting hook at Komatsu AB, no injuries.
32. AUG 32026 5× S-70i Delivered 🇵🇭 Philippines · Final five S-70i flown into Clark aboard an An-124, closing the 32-helicopter Phase 4 contract.
33. AUG 32026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down by the IRGC Aerospace Force over the Strait of Hormuz while monitoring shipping on the Omani side of the strait.
34. JUL 312026 5× SA330 Retired 🇫🇷 France · Last five Pumas of Air Base 367 retired after a farewell flight over French Guiana; replaced by four H225M Caracal.
35. JUL 312026 Mi-8 Crash 🇺🇦 Ukraine · Crashed in Kirovohrad Oblast during an emergency dispersal under Russian drone attack; three crew members killed.
36. JUL 312026 F-35B/C Crash 🇺🇸 United States · Crashed short of the runway on approach to MCAS Miramar, San Diego; pilot ejected and survived with minor injuries.
37. JUL 302026 C-130H Ordered 🇧🇼 Botswana · Botswana accepts donation of an additional US C-130H Hercules under the Excess Defense Articles programme; airframe not yet handed over.
38. JUL 302026 NH90 (TTH) Delivered 🇫🇷 France · First NH90 Standard 2 handed over by the DGA and delivered to the 4th Special Forces Helicopter Regiment at Pau.
39. JUL 292026 F-16AM Crash 🇺🇦 Ukraine · Crashed near Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, during an intercept mission against Russian air targets; pilot ejected and survived.
40. JUL 282026 MV-22 Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Final MV-22B handed over at Amarillo, Texas; aircraft joins VMM-162, closing a 359-aircraft Marine Corps buy.
41. JUL 272026 L-39 Crash 🇷🇺 Russia · Crashed during low-altitude aerobatic manoeuvres near Kushchyovskaya, Krasnodar Krai; both crew killed.
42. JUL 272026 UH-72A Lakota Crash 🇺🇸 United States · Crashed in a field near Opp, Alabama during a Fort Rucker training sortie; instructor pilot and two students hospitalised in stable condition.
43. JUL 262026 Bayraktar Akıncı Shot down 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Shot down by Houthi forces over Al-Jawf Governorate, northern Yemen; first Akıncı lost in the conflict.
44. JUL 262026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Babylon Governorate in central Iraq.
45. JUL 232026 UH-1Y Crash 🇨🇿 Czechia · Crashed at the 22nd Helicopter Air Base in Náměšť nad Oslavou; one soldier killed, four injured, entire H-1 fleet grounded.
46. JUL 232026 7× SA330 Retired 🇫🇷 France · 3e RHC at Etain retires the last Puma flying with a conventional Army regiment; only the nine GIH aircraft remain.
47. JUL 232026 C-390 Ordered 🇬🇷 Greece · KYSEA approved a 600 million euro purchase of three C-390 Millennium airlifters, with an option for three more.
48. JUL 232026 Su-57 Crash 🇷🇺 Russia · Crashed on takeoff from Kubinka AB near Zvenigorod, Odintsovo district, during a training flight; pilot ejected safely.
49. JUL 232026 26× C-2 Retired 🇺🇸 United States · C-2A Greyhound retired from service as VRC-40, the last COD squadron, was disestablished at Naval Station Norfolk.
50. JUL 222026 3× E-2C/D Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Navy awarded Northrop Grumman up to 1.2 billion dollars for three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Block II aircraft.
51. JUL 212026 M-346F Ordered 🇮🇩 Indonesia · Contract for 12 M-346F Block 20 light combat aircraft signed at the Farnborough airshow; deliveries from 2030.
52. JUL 212026 MiG-29 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · MiG-29 destroyed by a Ukrainian strike drone at Khalino airfield near Kursk; a covering Pantsir-S1 was hit in the same raid.
53. JUL 192026 Mi-24/35 Shot down 🇲🇱 Mali · Mi-24 shot down by JNIM fighters near Kouakourou, Mopti Region, during operations after the fall of the village's army camp; crew killed.
54. JUL 192026 MV-22 Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · MV-22B right nacelle caught fire during startup at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Arizona; crew evacuated safely, no injuries.
55. JUL 182026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down by the IRGC Aerospace Force over Dehloran, the second Reaper lost in the area in three days.
56. JUL 182026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down by the IRGC Aerospace Force over Asaluyeh on the Persian Gulf coast.
57. JUL 172026 S-70/HH-60G/U/W/MH-60G Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Helicopters damaged in Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack on Muwaffaq Salti AB, Azraq; two US service members killed, one missing.
58. JUL 172026 F-15C/E Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · F-15E damaged in the Iranian missile attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Azraq.
59. JUL 172026 MQ-9 Reaper Destroyed 🇺🇸 United States · Destroyed on the ground at Muwaffaq Salti AB in the Iranian missile and drone attack; two US service members killed.
60. JUL 162026 Tu-95 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Tu-95MS strategic bomber destroyed by Ukrainian SBU long-range drones at Engels-2 AB, Saratov Oblast; tail section severed.

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