List of Coalition aircraft crashes in Afghanistan
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The following is a list of Coalition aircraft crashes in Afghanistan. It covers both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
2006
- July 2: A US AH-64 Apache crashes out of Kandahar air base, killing one pilot and injuring the other.
- May 5: A US Chinook crashed in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, killing all 10 U.S. soldiers on board.
2005
- September 25: Five US soldiers were killed when a Chinook helicopter crashes in Zabul province while returning from an operation/. The US military intially said there was no sign of hostile fire, but later said the helicopter crashed because of ground fire.
- August 16: Seventeen Spanish soldiers were killed when their Cougar AS532 helicopter crashes near Herat. A second Spanish helicopter made an emergency landing, injuring five soldiers. The crash was an accident.
- June 28: A US Chinook helicopter crashed in Kunar province, killing all 16 servicemen on board. The US military says it was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade.
- April 6: A US Chinook helicopter crashed in a sandstorm near Ghazni, killing all 15 American soldiers and three civilian contractors.
2003
- March 23: HH-60 Pave Hawk crashes in Afghanistan, killing six on board.
2002
- December 21: CH-53 crashed in Kabul, killing seven German soldiers.
- June 12: MC-130H Combat Talon crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing three of the 10 soldiers aboard.
- March 4: Chinook helicopter hit by rocket and gunfire and crash lands. One soldier fell out of he helicopter and was killed by enemy fighters.
- January 28: CH-47 crashed in eastern Afghanistan due to a dust cloud, injuring 14 soldiers.
- January 20: Two soldiers died when their CH-53 crashed 40 miles south of Bagram air base.
- January 9: KC-130 tanker crashed into Pakistani mountain, killing seven Americans on board.
2001
- December 12: B-1 bomber en route to Afghanistan from Diego Garcia crashed in the Indian Ocean, but the four crew members were rescued.
- December 6: American helicopter crashes at Kandahar air base, injuring two Marines.
- November 20: MH-6J crashed at base, wounding 4 on board.
- November 2: MH-53 Pave Low crashed on a special operations mission in northern Afghanistan due to bad weather, injuring the four on board.
- October 19: Black Hawk helicopter crashed at Dalbandin air base in Pakistan, killing two soldiers. The cause was dust kicked up from the helicopter's rotors.
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