List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War

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This list of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War includes incidents with Coalition and civilian aircraft during the Iraq War.

According to media reports, 129 helicopters and 24 fixed-wing aircraft were lost in Iraq between the 2003 invasion and February 2009. Of these incidents, 46 have been attributed to hostile fire, such as anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles. In March 2007, Brig. Gen. Stephen Mundt said that 130 helicopters had been lost in both Iraq and Afghanistan, about a third to hostile fire, and he was concerned that they were not being replaced fast enough.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A report published in Aircraft Survivability in Summer 2010 gave a total of 375 U.S. helicopters lost in Iraq and Afghanistan up to 2009. Of these, 70 were downed by hostile fire, while the other 305 losses have been classified as non-hostile or non-combat events.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

No unmanned aircraft of any type are included in the list below.

At least 283 people have died in helicopter crashes since the invasion, and 19 in fixed-wing crashes.

Since the beginning of the invasion helicopters were the target of attacks with "aerial improvised explosive devices" or home-made bombs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In early 2007, the U.S. Army announced that the Iraqi insurgent groups had developed a strategy for attacking American helicopters.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This was confirmed by documents captured from Iraqi insurgents.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> U.S. deputy commanding general Jim Simmons said that the average month in 2006 and 2007 saw about 17 attacks against helicopters.<ref name="nytimes"> Template:Cite news </ref> Efforts to reduce losses included more training for helicopter pilots and improvements in tactics and aircraft defenses. In the fall of 2007, the U.S. military deployed the more advanced V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. According to the U.S. military, this aircraft flies much higher and faster than helicopters and has six to seven times more survivability than the widely used CH-46.<ref> Template:Cite news </ref>

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2007

  • Template:Flagdeco (4) 2007 – Four AH-64 Apache helicopters are destroyed on the ground by Iraqi insurgent mortar fire; the insurgents had made use of embedded coordinates in web-published photographs (geotagging) taken by soldiers to track the exact location of the helicopters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 1 March – An OH-58D Kiowa makes a hard landing south of Kirkuk, injuring both crewmembers, and becomes entangled in overhanging wires before hitting the ground.<ref>

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  • Template:Flagdeco 28 January – An AH-64D Apache from 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, is shot down by hostile fire during the Battle of Najaf, killing the two pilots.<ref name="The Age">Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 25 January – An UH-60 Black Hawk is shot down by gunfire near Hit. All aboard survive the incident.<ref name="nytimes" />
  • Template:Flagdeco 20 January – An U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes near Najaf. One soldier is killed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 20 January – An UH-60 Black Hawk from C Company, 1–131 Aviation Regiment<ref name="armyaircrewsbh">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2006

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  • Template:Flagdeco 3 December – A CH-46E Sea Knight from HMM-165 carrying 16 personnel makes an emergency landing on Lake Qadisiyah in Al Anbar Province. Four of the passengers drown in the incident.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 6 November – An AH-64D Apache from A Company, 1–82nd Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (ARB) attached to 25th Combat Aviation Brigade crashes north of Baghdad, killing the two pilots.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 1 April – An AH-64D Apache from 4–4th Aviation Regiment is shot down southwest of Baghdad, killing the two crewmen.<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 16 January – An AH-64D Apache 03-5385 from C Company, 1–4th Aviation Regiment is shot down north of Baghdad, killing the two pilots.<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 13 January – An OH-58D Kiowa 95-0021 from 1–10th Aviation Regiment is shot down outside Forward Operating Base Courage, near Mosul, killing the two pilots.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 7 January – A UH-60L Black Hawk 91-26346 from B Company, 1–207th Aviation Regiment crashes near Tal Afar in bad weather, killing 12 people on board. Reports suggest it was not shot down.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2005

  • Template:Flagdeco 26 December – An AH-64D Apache 03-5375 from 1–4th Aviation Regiment collides with another Apache near Baghdad, both crewmembers are killed.<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> Second AH-64 was not destroyed.
  • Template:Flagdeco 2 November – An AH-1W SuperCobra 165321 from HMLA-369 shot down near Ramadi, killing the two pilots.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 29 August – An OH-58D #90-00377 from 4th SQDN 3ACR was engaged by enemy fire. TF Freedom pilot killed by SA fire near Tal Afar. The A/C took rounds and the PI was wounded and able to recover but had to make an emergency landing north of the city, he was unable to fly back. A/C was recovered by SP and MTP.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 12 August – An AH-64A Apache 90-0442 from C Company, 8–229th Aviation Regiment crashes near Kirkuk, injuring both crewmembers. Helicopter is written off.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 19 July – AH-64D Apache 02-5319 from 1–3rd Aviation Regiment crashes in Iraq, injuring the two pilots. Helicopter is written off.<ref name="jbaugher2002">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 2 July – A CH-47D Chinook 85-24335 from C Company/159th Aviation Brigade destroyed in a fire on the ground at Ramadi Camp.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 17 April – AH-64D Apache 03-5370 from 4th Squadron, 3d ACR makes hard landing near Baghdad.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2004

The UH-60 Black Hawk that crashed on 21 September 2004
  • Template:Flagicon image 15 December – A Polish W-3WA Sokół 0902 from 25 BKP crashes near Karbala due to pilot error; three Polish soldiers are killed and four injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 9 December – AH-64A Apache 91-0012 from A Company, 1–151st Aviation Regiment hit a UH-60L Black Hawk 82-23668 from N Company/4-278th ACR on the ground at a Mosul base, killing the two Apache pilots and wounding four soldiers on board the Black Hawk. Both helicopters destroyed.<ref name=autogenerated2 />
  • Template:Flagdeco 14 November – UH-60A Black Hawk 87-24602-from the 11th Aviation Regiment-Medevac northwest of Baghdad sustained heavy machine gun fire and multiple system malfunctions that required emergency landing at Camp Taji. All nine on board were not injured.
  • Template:Flagdeco 12 November – UH-60A Black Hawk from 1–106th Aviation Regiment was engaged by small arms fire and shot down by an RPG hitting the cockpit while flying at low altitude northeast of Baghdad, wounding three of the four crew members.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The severely wounded co-pilot Tammy Duckworth would become a Senator of the United States for Illinois in 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 11 November – AH-1W SuperCobra 161021 from HMLA-169 is shot down by RPG and small arms fire near Fallujah. It is destroyed by Iraqi rebel forces, crew recovered intact.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 23 September – AH-64D Apache 02-5292 from B Company, 1–227th Aviation Regiment, 4th BCT, 1st Cavalry Division crashes near Tallil AB, Iraq when pilot loses control following tail rotor problem.<ref name="jbaugher2002"/>
  • Template:Flagdeco 21 September – UH-60A Black Hawk 87-24579 from A Company, 1–244th Aviation Regiment crashes near Nasiriyah, wounding four crew members.<ref name="jbaugher1987">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 8 September – CH-46E Sea Knight 153372 Shot down by RPG Fire South of Camp Fallujah, crashes and is burned out near Al-Buaisa. All four crew members injured.<ref name="thirdseries3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 4 September – OH-58D Kiowa (3–17 CAV) shot down over Tal Afar, Iraq; both pilots safe. Incident highlighted in TV Documentary Kiowa Down.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 11 August – CH-53E Super Stallion 164782 from HMM-166 (Reinforced) crashes in the Al-Anbar province, killing two Marines and wounding three others.
  • Template:Flagdeco 8 August – Template:Not a typo Kiowa 96-0015 made emergency landing north of Baghdad after being hit by RPG. Crew unhurt.<ref name="jbaugher1996">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 28 July – A USMC AH-1W SuperCobra was hit by ground fire while supporting ground operations in Anbar province, killing the pilot, Lt. Col. David S. Greene. The copilot managed to land the helicopter.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 19 July – Near Basra, a British HC.1 Aérospatiale Puma XW221 of 33 RAF Squadron crashes, killing one crewman and injuring two others.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 24 June – AH-1W SuperCobra 163939 shot down in Fallujah; pilots safe.<ref name=autogenerated7>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 12 June – Template:Not a typo Kiowa 94-0171 from A Company, 1–25th Aviation Regiment crashes north of Baghdad; both pilots safe.<ref name="jbaugher1994">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 26 April – Template:Not a typo Kiowa 91-0567 from P Troop, 4th Squadron, 2d ACR made emergency landing at Kut after engine problem and burned out. Both crewmembers safe.<ref name=autogenerated5 />
  • Template:Flagdeco 16 April – CH-47D Chinook 92-0301 from C Company/193rd Aviation Brigade (Hawaii Army National Guard) makes hard landing during sandstorm and was later destroyed. Crew memberssafe.<ref name=autogenerated4>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 12 April – MH-53M Pave Low 69-5797 of 16th SOW/20th SOS shot down by RPG near Fallujah, three on board are wounded. Helicopter was later destroyed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 11 April – An AH-64D Apache 02-5301 from C Company, 1–227 Aviation Regiment, 4th BCT, 1st Cavalry Division shot down west of Baghdad, killing both pilots.
  • Template:Flagdeco 7 April – OH-58D Kiowa crashes near Baquba after being hit by ground fire; pilots rescued.
  • Template:Flagdeco (2) 30 March – Two AH-1W SuperCobras 163947 and 164595 of HMLA-775 collide near Al Taqaddum, Iraq; pilots rescued. Both helicopters destroyed.<ref name=autogenerated8 /><ref name=autogenerated7 />
  • Template:Flagdeco 19 March – AH-6J, 25364, 1-160th, shot down in the vicinity of Amiriyah by a MANPADS while conducting precision close air support during day operation. Both pilots rescued by Special Operations forces and teamed up with the operators to hunt and kill the enemy missile shooters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 11 March – CH-46E Sea Knight 153389 from HMM-161 makes hard landing in brownout conditions in Al Anbar province; took additional damage during transportation and later was written off.<ref name="thirdseries3"/>
  • Template:Flagdeco 25 February – Template:Not a typo Kiowa 97-0124 crashes in Iraq with 4th Squadron, 3d ACR, after striking electrical wires west of Baghdad, killing the two pilots.<ref name="armyaircrews" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 25 January – An OH-58D Kiowa (93-0957) from 3–17 Cavalry Regiment crashes into the Tigris River during a rescue mission, after hitting electrical wires, killing both pilots.<ref name="armyaircrews" />
  • Template:Flagdeco 23 January – An OH-58D Kiowa (93-0950) from 3–17 Cavalry Regiment crashes just after take-off outside Mosul, killing both pilots.<ref name="armyaircrews" />
  • Template:Flagdeco 13 January – AH-64 Apache from 4th Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment shot down near Habbaniyah, pilots rescued.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2003

U.S. Army AH-64 Apache that crashed in central Iraq in November 2003.
  • Template:Flagdeco 11 December – AH-64D Apache from 1–101st Aviation Regiment crash-lands due to the APU clutch failing and starting a fire in flight and subsequently is burned to the ground Template:Convert south of Mosul. The pilots survived.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 9 December – An OH-58 Kiowa helicopter is hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, forcing a crash landing. Both crewmembers survive.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 25 November – OH-58D Kiowa 96-0040 crashes after its tail rotor struck ground.<ref name="jbaugher1996"/>
  • Template:Flagdeco 21 November – OH-58D Kiowa 92-0605 from D Troop, 1–17 Cavalry Regiment written off, reason unknown.<ref name=autogenerated4 />
  • Template:Flagdeco (2) 15 November – Two UH-60L Black Hawks from 4–101st Aviation Regiment (93-26531) and 9–101st Aviation Regiment (94-26548) collide and crash after one aircraft coming under fire; 6 and 11 soldiers (crew and passengers) on board are killed, respectively, and 5 others on board the first AC are injured in Mosul.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 7 November – UH-60L Black Hawk 92-26431 from 5–101 Aviation Regiment shot down by a MANPAD near Tikrit; all four crew, and both passengers from the Department of the Army are killed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 2 November – Near Fallujah, CH-47D Chinook 91-0230 of Detachment 1/F Company/106th Aviation Brigade shot down with an SA-7 missile; 16 soldiers killed, 26 wounded.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 30 October – AH-64D Apache　00-5211 (ex AH-64A 86–9009) of 6–6th Cavalry Regiment crashes near Balad AAF, Iraq, and burned out. Both crewmembers are safe.<ref name=autogenerated11>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 25 October – UH-60L Black Hawk 96-26653 From B co. 3-158 Avn. Regt. of the 12th Avn. BDE crashes and burns out after being hit by an SA-7 missile near Tikrit, 1 soldier injured.<ref name=autogenerated10>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 23 October – AH-64D Apache 00-5219 (ex AH-64A 86–8972) from 1–101st Aviation Regiment crashes in Iraq while approaching to land at Kirkuk. The APU clutch failed and started a fire in flight. Aircraft landed safely but fuselage was almost completely burnt through.<ref name=autogenerated11 />
  • Template:Flagdeco 13 October – OH-58D Kiowa (93-0991) from C Troop, 1–17th Cavalry Regiment crashes inside Iraq, pilots survive.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 7 October – OH-58D Kiowa (92-0578) crashes inside Iraq, pilots survive.<ref name=autogenerated4 />
  • Template:Flagdeco 2 September – A soldier is killed as a UH-60L Black Hawk from 2–501st Aviation Regiment rolls over during a nighttime troop insertion southwest of Baghdad.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 28 August – CH-47D Chinook 88-0098 from F Company/159th Aviation Brigade written off in Iraq.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 14 August – AH-64D - 01-05241 (ex AH-64A 87–0507) - IRAQ - C Co, 1stBattalion, 4th Aviation, 4th ID Crashed while performing a maintenance test flight. Cause was the Intermediate Gearbox. Both pilots survived, but had extensive back injuries. The aircraft was cannibalized for parts and used as a trainer for ground personnel to extract downed aviators.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 19 June – AH-64A Apache 87-0498 of R Troop, 4th Squadron, 3d ACR makes hard landing following inflight fire. Helicopter is written off.<ref name="jbaugher1987"/>
  • Template:Flagdeco 12 June – AH-64D Apache of 101st Aviation Brigade helicopter shot down near Baghdad, both crewmembers survive.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 19 May – CH-46E Sea Knight 156424 of HMM-364 crashes in Al-Hilla, killing four Marines; another Marine drowns trying to rescue the crew.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 9 May – UH-60A Black Hawk 86-24507 of 571st Medical Company (AA) crashes into Tigris River, the vicinity of Samarrah, Iraq killing two pilots and crew chief. One more soldier was injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 6 May – OH-58D Kiowa 94-0163 of N Troop, 4th Squadron, 3d ACR crashes near Al Asad and burns out. One crewmember injured.<ref name="jbaugher1994"/>
  • Template:Flagdeco 30 April – A Marine CH-53E Super Stallion 162486 of HMH-465 crashes near Najaf and burns out. Crew escaped.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
  • Template:Flagdeco 14 April – A Marine AH-1W SuperCobra 163940 of HMLA-169 crashes near Samarra, injuring both pilots. Helicopter was later destroyed.<ref name=autogenerated7 />
  • Template:Flagdeco 6 April – UH-60 Black Hawk 93-26522 from B Company, 4–101st Aviation Regiment crashes inside Iraq, crew survive.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 5 April – AH-1W SuperCobra 161020 of HMLA-267 crashes, killing both pilots.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 2 April – A UH-60L Black Hawk (94-26557) of B Company, 2–3rd Aviation Regiment crashes near Karbala, killing 7 soldiers and injuring 4 more.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 31 March – AH-64D Apache 84-24201 of C Company, 1–3rd Aviation Regiment crashes on landing in Iraq, injuring the two pilots. Helicopter was written off.<ref name="jbaugher1999">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 30 March – UH-1N Huey 160620 of HMLA-169 crashes; three men aboard die.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco (2) 28 March – Two AH-64D Apaches, 97-5032 of A Company and 98-5068 of B Company, 2–101st Aviation Regiment crash in Iraq; one pilot injured.<ref name=Bernstein>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 28 March – OH-58D Kiowa 95-0006 from A Troop, 2–17th Cavalry Regiment crashes in Iraq, pilots survive.<ref name="jbaugher1995">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 27 March – OH-58D Kiowa 95-0024 from C Troop, 2–17th Cavalry Regiment crashes in Iraq, pilots survive.<ref name="jbaugher1995"/>
  • Template:Flagdeco 26 March – UH-1N Huey 160444 of HMLA-269 makes hard landing in sandstorm and is written off.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
  • Template:Flagdeco 23 March – AH-64D Apache 85-25407 from C Company, 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 4th BCT, 1st Cavalry Division shot down during attack on Republican Guard; two pilots taken prisoner.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Helicopter was supposedly destroyed by Coalition forces, but Iraqi TV showed an AH-64 being taken to Baghdad on a low loader.<ref name="jbaugher1999" />
  • Template:Flagdeco (2) 22 March – Two Royal Navy ASaC.7 Sea Kings XV650 'CU-182' and XV704 'R-186' of 849 Squadron/A Flight collide over the Persian Gulf, killing six British crew members and one American.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 20 March – CH-46E Sea Knight 152579 of HMM-268 crashes in Kuwait Template:Convert from Iraqi border, killing eight British marines of 42 CDO and four U.S. Marines.<ref name=autogenerated10 /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 19 March – MH-53M Pave Low 67-14993 of 20th SOS carrying special forces crashes in southern Iraq. No one is killed. The craft was later destroyed to prevent capture.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Fixed-wing aircraft

A C-23B Sherpa, similar to the one that crashed on 26 November 2008.

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2007

  • Template:Flagdeco 16 July 2007 – A US F-16, serial 92–3901, from the 35th FW crashed. The pilot survived. The crash was attributed to under-inflation of the landing gear tires.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 15 June 2007 – A US F-16, serial 89–2031, from the Ohio ANG crashed on takeoff at night. The pilot, Maj. Kevin Sonnenberg, was killed. The cause was not hostile fire and is believed to be pilot spatial disorientation.<ref>

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  • Template:Flagicon image 12 February 2007 – A British C-130 Hercules is destroyed by coalition forces after being heavily damaged in a night landing in southern Iraq; two are injured. The aircraft was struck by four improvised explosive devices placed by insurgents, upon landing at a temporary runway in Maysaan Province.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2006

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2004

  • Template:Flagdeco 29 December 2004 – A U.S. special operations MC-130H Hercules (c/n 382–5054, 16th SOW, 15th SOS) is written off while landing on Q-West airfield near Mosul, Iraq, though no one was hurt. The pilot was unaware a large pit had been dug in the runway.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2003

  • Template:Flagdeco 12 June 2003 – F-16CG A United States Air Force F-16C Block 40B Fighting Falcon 88-0424 of 388th FW/421st FS crashes near Baghdad due to fuel starvation. The pilot ejected safely.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Template:Flagdeco 8 April 2003 – A-10A 78-0691 of 124th Wing/190th FS shot down by Iraqi Roland SAM; pilot survived.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Flagdeco 7 April 2003 – F-15E 88-1694/SJ of 4th FW/335th FS crashed on a combat bombing mission near Tikrit, Iraq. Both the pilot and weapon systems officer (WSO) were killed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Other aircraft

Several civilian and other aircraft have been shot down or crashed in Iraq as well:

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  • Template:Flagicon 23 January 2007 – A Blackwater USA MD 530F helicopter is shot down by hostile fire in Baghdad. All of the 5-man crew are killed in the incident, likely executed after surviving the crash. One survivor was also killed under unclear circumstances, when another Blackwater helicopter descended to the crash site.<ref>

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Summary per type

Summing up the above list we have the following tables

Rotary-wing losses

138 (52 to hostile fire including 4 AH-64 Apaches destroyed on the ground by mortar fire)

Aircraft losses
Type Lost Hostile fire
OH-58 Kiowa (all variants) 33 10
AH-64 Apache (all variants) 34 15
UH-60 Black Hawk 28 13
MH-60 Seahawk 1 0
AH-1W Super Cobra 8 3
CH-47 Chinook 7 1
Boeing AH-6 1 1
CH-46 Sea Knight 6 2
CH-53E Super Stallion 5 0
SA 330 Puma 4 0
Mil Mi-17 3 1
Mil Mi-24 1 0
MH-53 Pave Low 2 1
SH-3 Sea King 1 0
UH-1N Huey 3 1
Bell-412 1 1
MD530F 2 1
Westland Lynx 2 1
CH-53D Sea Stallion 1 0
Mil Mi-8 Hip 2 1
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse 1 0
PZL W-3 Sokół 2 0

Fixed-wing losses

24 (3 to hostile fire, 2 to friendly fire)

Type Destroyed Hostile fire
F/A-18 Hornet 5 Template:Dodseal 1 (Friendly Fire)
F-16 Fighting Falcon 5 Template:Dodseal
C-130 Hercules 4 (2Template:Dodseal, 2RAF roundel) 2 RAF roundel
A-10 Warthog 1 Template:Dodseal 1
AV-8 Harrier 1 Template:Dodseal
F-14 Tomcat 1 Template:Dodseal
F-15E Strike Eagle 1 Template:Dodseal
S-3 Viking 1 Template:Dodseal
Tornado GR4 1 RAF roundel 1 (Friendly Fire)
C-23 Sherpa 1 Template:Dodseal
Aerocomp Comp Air 7 1 Template:Flagicon
Antonov An-26 1 Template:Flagicon
Antonov An-12 1 Template:Flagicon

Summary per year

Summing up the above list we have the following tables:Template:Citation needed

Year Total Hostile fire Other reason Human casualties
2010 3 0 3 8
2009 4 1 3 7
2008 7 1 6 18
2007 25 16 9 49
2006 14 6 8 52
2005 13 3 10 45
2004 29 11 18 30
2003 34 7 27 68
Total 129 46 83 277

See also

References

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