LOSSES

• DHC-6-300 serial FAE-452 (c/n 560), operated by the Ecuadorian Air Force, was damaged when it ran off the runway at José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on June 12.

• Mi-17-1 serial 417 (c/n 103M18) operated by the Bulgarian Air Force crashed near Krumovo air base south of Plovdiv on June 11. Both pilots were killed, and a third crew member was seriously injured.

• A US Air Force F-15C assigned to the 18th Wing’s 44th Fighter Squadron crashed into the Pacific Ocean around 50 miles (80km) south of Okinawa, Japan on June 11. The pilot ejected safely but suffered serious injuries. He was recovered by a helicopter crew from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Naha Rescue Squadron. The pilot was participating in training with six other Eagles when the mishap occurred.

• A Pakistan Army UH-1H crashed and burned during an emergency landing on June 7. One service member died and six were injured when the helicopter went down in Quetta, Balochistan.

• An Indian Air Force Jaguar, assigned to 33 Wing, crashed in Gujarat on June 5, killing the pilot. The aircraft came down in a field near Beraja in the Mundra district of Kutch shortly after take-off from Jamnagar Air Force Station.

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