- List of Soviet aircraft losses in Afghanistan
The following is a partial and unofficial list of helicopter and airplane crashes that occurred during the
Afghan-Soviet War of 1979-89. In total, at least 333 helicopters and 118 jets crashed during the war. [ [http://www.ciaonet.org/cbr/cbr00/video/cbr_ctd/cbr_ctd_52.html The Soviet War in Afghanistan: History and Harbinger of Future War? ] ]The list is drawn from a [http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/afghanistan/ Russian language aviation site] .
1979
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25 December 1979 - AnIl-76 heavy transport plane crashed into a mountain near the village of Kanzak (Northeast of Kabul) after being damaged by anti-aircraft artillery fire. Its pilot, 9-11 other crew members, 37 paratroopers and nine troops from unknown units were killed upon impact, leaving no survivors. Two vehicles in cargo, including a fuel truck, were also destroyed. [ [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19791225-0 Aviation Safety Network] ]1980
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7 February 1980 -An-12 transport aircraft crashed on the outskirts ofKabul , killing its pilot.
*13 February 1980 - AnMi-24 attack helicopter was badly damaged by ground fire, and crashed in a botched emergency landing.
*23 February 1980 - An Mi-8TV Border guard helicopter was shot down, killing one passenger.
*7 March 1980 - An unidentified helicopter crashed due to a technical malfunction, killing one crew member.
*10 March 1980 - AnMi-8 transport helicopter crashed due to technical difficulties near the village of Kochek Qizil (Southwest ofMazari Sharif ), killing two crew members.
*23 March 1980 -Su-17 fighter-bomber crashed due to either technical problems or poor weather conditions, killing its pilot.
*9 April 1980 - An Mi-8T transport helicopter, crashed due to either technical problems or poor weather conditions, killing two crew members.
*11 April 1980 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down near the remote village of Shindand, killing two crew members.
*12 June 1980 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crew member.
*20 July 1980 - AnMi-10 heavy transport helicopter was shot down, killing three crew members.
*23 July 1980 - An Mi-24 assault helicopter was shot down, killing two crew members.
*23 July 1980 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crew member.
*6 September 1980 - An unidentified aircraft crashed due to either technical problems or bad weather, killing one crew member.1981
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17 April 1981 - An Mi-24 assault helicopter was shot down, killing one crew member.
*24 July 1981 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing four crew members.
*5 September 1981 - An Mi-8T transport helicopter was shot down, killing four crew members.
*10 October 1981 - An Mi-8MT transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crew member.
*17 October 1981 - An Mi-8T Board Guard helicopter was shot down, killing one crew member.
*28 October 1981 - An Mi-24 assault helicopter was shot down, killing three crew members.
*13 November 1981 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crew member.
*18 November 1981 - An Mi-8MT transport helicopter was shot down, killing two crew members.1982
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10 March 1982 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crew member.
*15 April 1982 - An unidentified aircraft was shot down, killing one crew member.
*17 May 1982 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crew member.
*27 May 1982 - An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing one crew member.
*13 June 1982 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down near the village of Taghaz (245 km to the Southwest of Kandahar), killing two crew members.
*10 July 1982 - An unidentified aircraft was shot down, killing one crew member.
*23 August 1982 - An Mi-6 heavy transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crew member.
*7 October 1982 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crew member.
*12 October 1982 - An unidentified helicopter was shot down, killing one crew member.
*24 October 1982 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crew member.
*30 October 1982 - An unidentified helicopter was shot down, killing three crew members.1983
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4 January 1983 - An unidentified helicopter was shot down near the village of Kholm (East of Mazari Sharif), killing one crew member.
*15 February 1983 - An An-12 was shot down while on approach to Jalalabad. The five crew members were killed. [ [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19830215-3 Aviation Safety Network] ]
*22 February 1983 - AnMi-6 heavy transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crew member.
*5 June 1983 - An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing two crew members.
*19 July 1983 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crew member.
*24 July 1983 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down near Jalalabad, killing two crew members.
*7 August 1983 - An unidentified helicopter was shot down, killing one crew member.
*9 September 1983 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down 120 km South of Faizabad, killing one crew member.
*16 September 1983 - An Antonov An-12 transport plane was shot down, killing four crew members.
*3 October 1983 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crew member.
*18 October 1983 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down near the Kajaki reservoir (Helmand province), killing two crew members.
*25 October 1983 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crew member.
*15 November 1983 - An Mi-6 heavy transport missed the Soviet landing strip near the town of Kunduz and crashed due to a faulty tail rotor. Two crew members were killed.1984
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16 January 1984 - AnSu-25 strike jet was shot down, killing its pilot.
*2 April 1984 - An unidentified helicopter crashed either due to bad weather or a technical failure. One crew member was killed.
*2 July 1984 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crew member.
*5 July 1984 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crew member.
*6 July 1984 - An Mi-6 heavy transport helicopter was shot down on approach to its base (while returning from a mission). All three crew members were killed. It is possible that this helicopter was captured by Afghan guerrillas.
*14 July 1984 - An unidentified helicopter crashed. One crew member was killed.
*6 August 1984 - An unidentified helicopter was shot down. One crew member was killed.
*27 August 1984 - An unidentified helicopter was shot down. One crew member was killed.
*19 September 1984 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing all three crew members in addition to a unit of paratroopers.
*23 September 1984 - An unidentified helicopter crashed. One crew member was killed.
*16 October 1984 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down while landing a group of soldiers near the town ofBaghlan . All three crew members and four disembarking troops were killed.
*18 October 1984 - An Su-25 strike jet was shot down, killing its pilot.
*18 October 1984 - An unidentified helicopter (probably an Mi-24) was shot down, killing two crew members.
*27 October 1984 - An Il-76 heavy transport plane was shot down during landing, 20km to the South East of Kabul. Five were killed. [ [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19841027-0 Aviation Safety Network] ]
*28 October 1984 - An Mi-24 assault helicopter was shot down in the Panshir Valley, killing two crew members.1985
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22 January 1985 - AnAn-26 transport plane was shot down, killing one.
*29 January 1985 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down shortly after taking off from Kandahar, en route to Kabul, killing one crew member.
*13 February 1985 - An Su-25 strike jet was shot down, killing its pilot.
*11 March 1985 - AnAn-30 transport plane was struck in the left engine by ground fire, causing a fire that began to spread. All non-essential crew members bailed out, while the Pilot and Co-Pilot remained, hoping to land the aircraft atBagram Airport (near Kabul). The aircraft crashed 25 km from Kabul after the fire destroyed the aileron controls, and both were killed.
*14 March 1985 - An Mi-6 heavy transport helicopter collided with aVVS reconnaissance plane, killing three.
*20 March 1985 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down while transporting troops from Ghazni to Baraki(?). All five aboard were killed.
*27 April 1985 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down 7 km away from its destination of Lashkargah while transporting troops. Three were killed.
*18 May 1985 - An Mi-6 heavy transport helicopter was shot down near the remote village of Bakarak, killing one.
*21 June 1985 - AMiG-23 fighter jet was shot down, killing its pilot.
*21 June 1985 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one.
*27 June 1985 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter shot down, possibly with several troops on board. All those aboard were killed.
*10 July 1985 - An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing one.
*11 July 1985 - An unidentified ‘special missions’ aircraft was shot down, killing five.
*25 July 1985 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one.
*17 September 1985 - An Mi-6 heavy transport helicopter was attacked on the ground, killing one.
*12 October 1985 - An Mi-6 heavy transport helicopter was shot down 23km South of Kabul, killing two.
*13 October 1985 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one.
*18 October 1985 - An unidentified aircraft was shot down, killing one.
*25 October 1985 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down 20km to the Northwest of Kunduz, killing nine crew members and paratroopers.
*1 November 1985 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one.
*15 November 1985 - An unidentified helicopter was shot down, killing one.
*24 November 1985 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one.
*6 December 1985 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter shot down while transporting troops, killing seven.1986
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18 January 1986 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one.
*19 January 1986 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing all crew members and paratroopers aboard.
*1 February 1986 - An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down West of Maymaneh, killing one.
*21 April 1986 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing two.
*31 May 1986 - An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down over Kabul airbase, killing two instantly while another died of his wounds six days later.
*31 July 1986 - Two Mi-8 medevac helicopters collided near Pagman, killing some of the injured passengers.
*16 October 1986 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing two.
*19 October 1986 - An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing one.
*29 November 1986 - An An-12 transport plane was shot down while leaving Kabul Airbase en route to Jalalabad, transporting a contingent of newly-arrived Russian troops. All crew members (4-5) and all 27 passengers were killed.
*26 December 1986 - An An-26RT transport plane was shot down. All crew members bailed out, except the mechanic, who was killed either by the missile or in the crash.1987
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12 January 1987 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one.
*13 January 1987 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one.
*21 January 1987 - An unidentified aircraft crashed due to either technical problems or bad weather, killing one.
*5 February 1987 - An unidentified aircraft was shot down, killing one.
*27 February 1987 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one.
*4 March 1987 - A pair of twoSu-22 s were shot down. The two pilots ejected but were later killed on the ground.
*4 March 1987 - Two Mi-8 transport helicopters were shot down while searching for the pilots from the Su22s that had been downed earlier in the day. Both crews were killed. (Two escorting Mi-24s had been delayed)
*23 March 1987 - An Mi-6 heavy transport helicopter was shot down, killing two.
*15 April 1987 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one.
*21 April 1987 - All crew members and 18 paratroopers when an Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down 120 km north of Kandahar.
*7 May 1987 - Mi-8 transport helicopter crashed due to technical reasons or bad weather, killing four.
*18 May 1987 - An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing two.
*5 June 1987 - An Mi-8 Medevac helicopter carrying one wounded individual was shot down North of Kandahar, killing one.
*24 June 1987 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one.
*12 July 1987 - An-12 delivering ammunition was hit by ground fire while landing at Kandahar airbase, killing four crew members and one person on the ground.
*20 July 1987 - An Su-22 was shot down near Gazni, killing one.
*1 August 1987 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one.
*13 September 1987 - An-26 transport plane was shot down, killing one.
*13 September 1987 - An Su-22 strike jet was shot down, killing one.
*29 September 1987 - An unidentified helicopter was shot down near Kabul, killing one.
*21 October 1987 - An An-12 collided with an unidentified helicopter over Kabul Airbase due to the ground controller’s error in clearing the helicopter for landing. All involved were killed, including 18 passengers aboard the An-12 who were en-route to Tashkent.
*22 October 1987 - An An-26 transport plane was shot down, killing two.
*30 October 1987 - An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing two.
*23 December 1987 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one.1988
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17 January 1988 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing four.
*6 February 1988 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter on a search and rescue mission was shot down with several rescued personnel aboard, killing two and wounding 6.
*16 February 1988 - An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing one.
*26 February 1988 - An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing one.
*29 February 1988 - An Mi-24 attack helicopter shot down 10km Southeast of Bagram, killing one.
*20 April 1988 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one.
*25 May 1988 - An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one.
*18 July 1988 - An unidentified helicopter (possibly an Mi-8) was shot down, killing one.
*21 August 1988 - An Mi-24 attack helicopter shot down, killing its two-member crew.
*4 September 1988 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one.
*30 September 1988 - An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing two.
*1 October 1988 - An Mi-8 transport was helicopter shot down, killing one.1989
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7 January 1989 - An Su-25 strike jet was shot down, killing its pilot.
*19 January 1989 - An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing five.
*2 February 1989 - An Mi-24 assault helicopter was shot down, killing both crew members.References
ummary by Aircraft type
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An-12 6
*An-26 4
*An-30 1
*Il-76 2
*Mi-6 9
*Mi-8 45
*Mi-10 1
*Mi-24 16
*MiG-23 1
*Su-22 5
*Su-25 4
* Unidentified aircraft 24
* Unidentified helicopter 14ource and References
* [http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/afghanistan/ A Russian aviation aficionado's translation of crash reports (found on a Soviet veteran webpage)]
* [http://skywar.ru/afghanistanen.html Soviet AF losses in Afghanistan]
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