This is a list of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred. Not all of the aircraft were in operation at the time. Combat losses are not included except for a very few cases denoted by singular circumstances.
Aircraft terminology Information on aircraft gives the type, and if available, the serial number of the operator in italics, the constructors number, also known as the manufacturer's serial number (c/n), exterior codes in apostrophes, nicknames (if any) in quotation marks, flight callsign in italics, and operating units.
For this list, the criteria used for a military aircraft will be: any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a governmental organization such as United States Department of Defense or British Armed Forces in either combat or non-combat missions. The aircraft will fall into categories such as fighter, bomber, attack, search and rescue, transport or training.
2010
January 13 January A Yemeni Air Force Aero L-39 Albatros training aircraft crashed in the area of Salah al-Din, west of the port city of Aden due to a technical problem. The pilot survived.
14 January Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27SM Flanker-B Mod. 1, 86 red, c/n 36911030105, of the 23rd Interceptor Aviation Regiment, crashed near Komsomolsk-on-Amur during a training mission. Pilot Col. Vladimir Sobolev was killed.
14 January Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) PAC CT/4E Airtrainer, NZ1990, c/n 205, crashed near RNZAF Base Ohakea, New Zealand while performing routine aerobatic training. The pilot, Sqn Ldr Nick Cree, was killed. The pilot was performing an aerobatic maneuver known as the "fishtail pass" at 58 knots when he lost control.
21 January A Maritime Safety and Rescue Society AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter, EC-KYR, c/n 31228, crashed into the sea off Almería while returning from SAR winch training. Only the winch operator survived. An optical illusion led to misconception of the aircraft's altitude.
21 January Finnish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-18D Hornet, HN-468, crashed in Juupajoki, north of the southern city of Tampere at about 11:50 local time. The two pilots ejected successfully but received fractures and bruises due to the high speed of the aircraft at the time of ejection. The pilots were conducting flight tests of a previously damaged and rebuilt F-18. The crash was attributed to mechanical failure of the horizontal stabilizer actuation servo.
22 January A Myanmar Air Force Chengdu F-7 fighter crashed while attempting to land at Yangon airport, killing its pilot.
23 January United States Navy Beechcraft T-34C Turbo-Mentor, BuNo 161047, of Training Air Wing 5, crashed in Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans. One pilot was rescued and the other was declared missing. The plane, on a routine nighttime instrument training mission, crashed about 1845 hrs. and was north of Lakefront Airport in New Orleans on an apparent approach to land. Coast Guard teams rescued the trainee pilot, who had mild hypothermia and moderate injuries, from the water around 9 p.m.. The missing trainer-pilot, Lt. Clinton Wermers, 33, from Mitchell, South Dakota, was presumed dead. He had been assigned to Naval Air Station Whiting Field as from March 2007.Florida Freedom Newspapers, "Whiting Field pilot presumed dead in Louisiana crash", Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 26 January 2010, p. A1. A memorial service was held for Lt. Wermers on 1 February at Whiting Field.Florida Freedom Newspapers, "Mourners honor fallen serviceman", Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 2 February 2010, p. A3
26 January A Nigerian Navy AgustaWestland A109E Power helicopter, 06, crashed into a swamp at Ikwerre, near Port Harcourt in south Nigeria. The accident happened at about 01:30 p.m. (1330 GMT) when the helicopter was returning from a routine patrol of Port Harcourt area in the Niger-Delta region. Four persons were killed.
February USAF Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, 88-0332, "Spirit of Washington", caught fire on the ground at Andersen AFB. The damaged aircraft underwent 18 months of repairs in order to enable it to fly back to the mainland for more comprehensive repairs and was returned to service in December 2013.Keerigan, Kevin. "B-2 Fire at AAFB Back in February of 2010 Was 'Horrific,' Not 'Minor'." pacificnewscenter.com, 1 September 2011. Retrieved: 5 January 2012.
3 February United States Army Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk, 87-24261, c/n 70–1149, crashed northeast of Mannheim, Germany around 1800 hrs. local time, killing three persons on board. "The crew of the ill-fated UH-60 flight was conducting routine pilot proficiency training from Stuttgart Army Airfield to Coleman Army Airfield in Mannheim. USAREUR officials stated that, during the approach to Coleman, the aircraft began a rapid descent and made contact with the trees. At the time of the crash, it was raining heavily and visibility below the clouds was about , according to a German weather service spokesman."Patton, Mark, "Investigation fails to determine cause of fatal UH-60 crash in Germany", Stars and Stripes, 3 August 2010. KWF were Warrant Officer 3 Gary M. Farwell, 39; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Clayton M. Hickman, 32; and Cpl. Matthew E. Clark, 25. All three were assigned to the Stuttgart-based Company G, 52nd Regiment, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade. A U.S. Army investigation, 15–6, was unable to determine a cause. "There was insufficient evidence to indicate that mechanical malfunction, environmental factors, pilot error or a combination of these factors contributed to the accident," according to a U.S. Army Europe news release issued on the evening of Monday, 2 August 2010.
5 February A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter crashed in Campo Grande.
9 February A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Bell AH-1 Cobra gunship helicopter crashed in the Teera Valley in Pakistan's Khyber tribal area near the Afghanistan's border. Both the pilot and gunner died in the incident.
10 February A Brazilian Army Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopter crashed while training tactical piloting maneuvering at Sao Pedro da Aldeia naval base, about away from Rio de Janeiro city.G1 :Vale do Paraíba e Região: notícias e vídeos da TV Vanguarda
11 February An Italian Air Force (ItAF) General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon from 5th Fighter Wing crashed into the Adriatic Sea from the coast near Ravenna at 1530 hrs. while training with another aircraft of the same unit. The pilot survived.
14 February A Yemeni Air Force (YemAF) Mil Mi-17 Helicopter crashed in the Kahlan district, east of the provincial capital Sa'ana, as the result of a technical fault. The helicopter's four-man crew and the seven wounded soldiers whom they were evacuating all died, as did two soldiers in a military vehicle that the aircraft crashed into.
16 February An Indian Air Force (IAF) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 fighter-bomber went down near Siliguri in West Bengal killing the pilot, a squadron leader.
18 February A US Navy Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk helicopter crashed in West Virginia outside of Lewisburg. Passengers and crew sustained unspecified injuries, none of which were life-threatening.
18 February An IAF Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter jet (8th Squadron, 20th Wing) crashed soon after take-off from Bagdora in West Bengal; the pilot ejected successfully.
21 February A United States Army Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter made a hard landing in northern Iraq, killing the two pilots on board.
24 February A Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM) Cessna 182S Skylane crashed during takeoff near San Diego de Alcalá, Chihuahua, resulting in injuries to three occupants and two fatalities.
24 February A Philippine Air Force (PhilAF) North American OV-10 Bronco crashed at 1455 hrs, during a training flight. Two Philippine Air Force pilots were killed.
25 February A USAF General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon crashed during landing at Osan Air Base, South Korea. The plane became uncontrollable and the pilot bailed out safely. The jet was heavily damaged and crashed within Osan's boundaries.
March 2 March A Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) Northrop F-5E and Northrop F-5F crashed into Mount Hwangbyeong, about west of the city of Gangneung, Gangwon. The pilot of the F-5E and the two pilots of the F-5F were killed.
3 March An Indian Navy HAL Kiran Mk.II crashed into a building in Hyderabad during the "India Aviation 2010" air show/exhibition. Both pilots aboard and a civilian on the ground were killed. At least five other civilians also received injuries.
3 March A Republic of Korea Army MD Helicopters MD 500 helicopter crashed 20 km east of the capital Seoul, at around 2014 hrs. The craft hit a greenhouse in a rice paddy-field in Namyangju. The two crew members were rushed to a hospital but were later confirmed dead.
3 March A United States Coast Guard (USCG) Sikorsky MH-60T helicopter, (an upgraded Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk), crashed in the remote Utah mountains. It was one of two traveling through the area en route to its home base in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, after performing security duty at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. The helicopters made a refueling stop in Salt Lake City and were headed to Leadville, Colorado, when the crash occurred about east of Salt Lake City. Three crewmen were airlifted to local hospitals and two others sustained minor injuries.
10 March A Brazilian Army Eurocopter Fennec helicopter crashed during a night training flight during Operation Caburé. All four crew members died.
10 March United States Marine Corps (USMC) McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18D Hornet, BuNo 164694, 'WK-01', from VMFA (AW)-224 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, app. east of Saint Helena Sound, South Carolina, after a double engine failure and a fire. Both pilots ejected and were floating in an inflatable life raft for about one hour before they were rescued by a USCG helicopter.
11 March A Mil Mi-8 helicopter of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan Republic crashed for unknown reasons during a rescue flight in a blizzard.
18 March Two USN Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet fighters from VFA-122 collided in mid-air at 2200 hrs., sending one crashing to the Nevada desert. One pilot ejected safely before his aircraft crashed near Naval Air Station Fallon and a second pilot landed the single-seat jet safely at Fallon.
19 March A Turkish Army TAI/AgustaWestland T129 (registration CSX81723) helicopter prototype lost its tail rotor at . height at 16:30. Two people on board survived.
23 March A Turkish Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk came down on the outskirts of Wardak town in Afghanistan at around 10:30. The crash happened as two Turkish helicopters were attempting to land at a Turkish-run Provincial Reconstruction Team.Quote.com :Stock Market :Top News
23 March Two Royal Air Force (RAF) Red Arrows BAE Systems Hawks, collided during a full display practice at Heraklion Crete. The pilot of one plane ejected and received moderate injuries. The aircraft crashed onto the airfield and was destroyed. The second aircraft landed safely at Heraklion Airport.
25 March A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Pilatus PC-7 crashed during an airshow near a local university campus. The pilot bailed out at low altitude but was killed.
25 March A Chilean Army MD Helicopters 530F suffered an engine failure and crashed shortly following takeoff, after disembarking a passenger. The helicopter was on a mission in a region that had been badly damaged during the most recent earthquake. All four crew members were taken to hospital, three of them with serious injuries.
29 March A US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed at Forward Operating Base Atgar in the Zabul province of Afghanistan.