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down by Libyan Government
of National Accord forces over
Tamina, south of Misrata air base.
Photos of the wreckage show
that it was completely burnt out.

D: Oct 18
N: Turkish Land Forces
T: S-70A-28 Black Hawk
As a result of a technical
malfunction, this helicopter made South Sudan Air Force An-26B SP-401 in the bush after running off the end of the runway while landing at
a hard landing inside Syrian Yambio Airport, South Sudan, on October 16. UNMISS
territory south of Gre Spi, near Primera Brigada Aérea/ D: Oct 24 resulting in the crash site being
Tell Abyad, while evacuating Grupo de Transporte N: Indian Army Air Corps found the following morning near
wounded soldiers. In order to T: Basler BT-67 Fantasma T: Dhruv La Victoria village in the Cerro
prevent it falling into enemy hands, S: FAS116 While en route to Srinagar Monasterio area. It was located
it was destroyed in an air strike During its take-off run for a from a XVI Corps forward area in very difficult topographical
by a Turkish Air Force F-16C. It paratrooping mission from Base of operations near the Line of conditions, making immediate
was not reported whether those Aérea de Ilopango, San Salvador, Control in Udhampur, Jammu, access impossible but, at 0605hrs
on board were rescued safely. the aircraft veered off the runway, this helicopter had a technical on October 27, favourable
across a taxiway and into a ditch, malfunction and was written off weather conditions allowed an air
D: Oct 19 causing the main undercarriage following a very heavy landing insertion of a rescue team, which
N/U: Pakistan Army Aviation to collapse. The pilot was adjacent to a river in the Bedar determined there were no survivors
Corps/303rd Aviation transferred to a military hospital area of Poonch district, Jammu among the six crew members.
Group/Army Aviation with unspecified injuries, while the and Kashmir at 1350hrs local
School six paratroopers on board were time. The two pilots and seven D: Oct 29
T: MFI-17 Mushshak treated at the crash site. The BT-67 officers on board were all N: Hamas air unit
During a routine training sustained substantial damage and injured, including Northern Army T: Unidentified UAV
sortie from the Army Aviation is now awaiting assessment to commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh Israeli Air Force F-15s intercepted
School at Army Aviation Base determine if it can be repaired. and some of his staff. The injured this UAV while it was flying at an
Rahwali, the crew performed an were taken to a nearby army unusual height of 2.5 miles (4km)
emergency landing due to an D: Oct 23 medical centre for examination. over the Gaza Strip. The F-15s were
engine malfunction while flying N: Islamic Revolutionary scrambled to shoot it down and it
over Dilawar Cheema, near the Guards Corps Aerospace D: Oct 25 fell within the Gaza Strip. Hamas
River Chenab. The Mushshak Force N/U: Colombian Air Force/ militants use at least three types of
flipped over when it came T: Shahed-123 UAV Grupo de Vuelos UAV, primarily in a surveillance role.
down in a paddy field at Jamke This UAV crashed near Shushtar, Especiales 82/Escuadrón
Chatha, near Wazirabad, in the southwestern Iran, following de Transporte Especial 821 D: Oct 29
Gujranwala district of Punjab engine failure. The smashed T: Bell 412EP N/U: US Air Force/49th Wing
province. Despite coming to rest wreckage was recovered by the S: FAC 0006 T: F-16C Fighting Falcon
inverted with extensive airframe IRGC with assistance from local The air force reported this During a training sortie from
damage, the instructor and farmers and their vehicles. helicopter as missing after being Holloman Air Force Base, New
student pilot escaped unhurt. unable to contact the crew Mexico, this aircraft crashed
D: Oct 23 following a final transmission at 80 miles (129km) southeast
D: Oct 21 N: Israel Defense Forces 1416hrs local time while en route of the base at around 1916hrs
N/U: Brazilian Naval Aviation/ T: Unspecified UAV from Base Aérea Palanquero, local time. The pilot ejected
VF-1 The IDF announced that it had Puerto Salgar, to a Comando safely and was taken to a
T: AF-1B Falcão (A-4KU lost an unspecified UAV during Aéreo de Mantenimiento (Air local hospital for treatment.
Skyhawk) routine security operations, when Maintenance Command)
S: N-1013 it fell to the ground adjacent to facility at Base Aérea Madrid, Additional material from:
This aircraft was substantially Israel’s border with Lebanon, Cundinamarca, for a routine Waseem Abbas, Igor Bozinovski,
damaged after engine problems but it was said to have been overhaul. A search was initiated Dino van Doorn, Mario Flores,
forced the pilot to abort take-off on Lebanese territory. No in the area of the Albán and Scramble/Dutch Aviation
from Base Aerea Naval de São further details were given. Cundinamarca municipalities, Society and Asagiri Yohko. AFM
Pedro da Aldeia, Rio de Janeiro,
at 0700hrs local time, following
which the nosewheel collapsed
as it overran the runway onto
the grass. As the Skyhawk came
to rest, a sudden ball of flame
briefly engulfed the front of the
aircraft when fuel leaking from an
external tank ignited, but this was
quickly extinguished. The pilot
escaped without serious injury.

D: Oct 22 Salvadoran Air Force Basler BT-67 Fantasma FAS116 following its take-off accident at Base Aérea de Ilopango on
N/U: Salvadoran Air Force/ October 22. El Salvador Ministry of Defence
Abbreviations: D: Date N/U: Nationality/Units T: Type S: Serials

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