List of Soviet aircraft crashes in Afghanistan

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Following is a partial and unofficial list of helicopter and aeroplane crashes that occurred during the Afghan-Soviet War of 1979-89:

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25 December 1979- An Il-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 crewmembers, 37 paratroopers and 9 troops from unknown units were killed upon impact, leaving no survivors. Two vehicles in cargo, including a fuel truck, were also destroyed.
7 February 1980- An unidentified Soviet aircraft crashed on the outskirts of Kabul, killing its pilot.
13 February 1980- An Mi-24 attack helicopter was badly damaged by ground fire, and crashed in a botched emergency landing.
23 February 1980- An unidentified helicopter was shot down, killing one crewmember.
7 March 1980- An unidentified helicopter crashed due to a technical malfunction, killing one crewmember.
10 March 1980- An Mi-8 transport helicopter crashed due to technical difficulties near the village of Kochek Qizil (Southwest of Mazar-e-Sharif), killing two crewmembers.
9 April 1980- A helicopter, probably an Mi-8 transport, crashed due to either technical problems or poor weather conditions, killing three crewmembers.
11 April 1980- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down near the remote village of Shindand, killing two crewmembers.
12 June 1980- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crewmember.
20 July 1980- An Mi-10 heavy transport helicopter was shot down, killing three crewmembers.
23 July 1980- An Mi-24 assault helicopter was shot down, killing two crewmembers.
23 July 1980- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crewmember.
6 September 1980- An unidentified aircraft crashed due to either technical problems or bad weather, killing one crewmember.
17 April 1981- An Mi-24 assault helicopter was shot down, killing one crewmember.
24 July 1981- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing two crewmembers.
5 September 1981- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crewmember.
10 October 1981- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crewmember.
28 October 1981- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crewmember.
13 November 1981- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crewmember.
18 November 1981- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing two crewmembers.
10 March 1982- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crewmember.
15 April 1982- An unidentified aircraft was shot down, killing one crewmember.
17 May 1982- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crewmember.
27 May 1982- An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing one crewmember.
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 crewmembers.
10 July 1982- An unidentified aircraft was shot down, killing one crewmember.
23 August 1982- An Mi-6 heavy transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crewmember.
7 October 1982- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crewmember.
12 October 1982- An unidentified helicopter was shot down, killing one crewmember.
24 October 1982- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crewmember.
30 October 1982- An unidentified helicopter was shot down, killing three crewmembers.
4 January 1983- An unidentified helicopter was shot down near the village of Kholm (East of Mazar-e-Sharif), killing one crewmember.
15 February 1983- An unidentified aircraft crashed due to either technical difficulties or bad weather, killing one crewmember.
22 February 1983- An Mi-6 heavy transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crewmember.
5 June 1983- An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing two crewmembers.
19 July 1983- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crewmember.
24 July 1983- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down near Jalalabad, killing two crewmembers.
7 August 1983- An unidentified helicopter was shot down, killing one crewmember.
9 September 1983- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down 120 km South of Faizabad, killing one crewmember.
16 September 1983- An Antonov An-12 transport plane was shot down, killing four crewmembers.
3 October 1983- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crewmember.
18 October 1983- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down near the Kajaki reservoir (Helmand province), killing two crewmembers.
25 October 1983- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crewmember.
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 crewmembers were killed.
16 January 1984- An Su-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 crewmember was killed.
2 July 1984- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crewmember.
5 July 1984- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing one crewmember.
6 July 1984- An Mi-6 heavy transport helicopter was shot down on approach to its base (while returning from a mission). All 3 crewmembers were killed. It is possible that this helicopter was captured by Afghan guerrillas.
14 July 1984- An unidentified helicopter crashed. One crewmember was killed.
6 August 1984- An unidentified helicopter was shot down. One crewmember was killed.
27 August 1984- An unidentified helicopter was shot down. One crewmember was killed.
19 September 1984- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing all 3 crewmembers in addition to a unit of paratroopers.
23 September 1984- An unidentified helicopter crashed. One crewmember was killed.
16 October 1984- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down while landing a group of soldiers near the town of Baghlan. All 3 crewmembers and 4 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 2 crewmembers.
27 October 1984- An Il-76 heavy transport plane was shot down during landing, 20km to the South East of Kabul. 5 were killed.
28 October 1984- An Mi-24 assault helicopter was shot down in the Panshir Valley, killing 2 crewmembers.
22 January 1985- An An-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 crewmember.
13 February 1985- An Su-25 strike jet was shot down, killing its pilot.
11 March 1985- An An-30 transport plane was struck in the left engine by ground fire, causing a fire that began to spread. All non-essential crewmembers bailed out, while the Pilot and Co-Pilot remained, hoping to land the aircraft at Bagram 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 a VVS reconnaissance plane, killing 3.
20 March 1985- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down while transporting troops from Ghazni to Baraki(?). All 5 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- A MiG-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 5.
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 9 crewmembers 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 7.
18 January 1986- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing 1.
19 January 1986- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing all crewmembers 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 2.
31 May 1986- An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down over Kabul airbase, killing two instantly while another died of his wounds 6 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 2.
19 October 1986- An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing 1.
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 crewmembers (4-5) and all 27 passengers were killed.
26 December 1986- An An-26RT transport plane was shot down. All crewmembers bailed out, except the mechanic, who was killed either by the missile or in the crash.
12 January 1987- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing 1.
13 January 1987- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing 1.
21 January 1987- An unidentified aircraft crashed due to either technical problems or bad weather, killing 1.
5 February 1987- An unidentified aircraft was shot down, killing 1.
27 February 1987- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing 1.
4 March 1987- A flight of two Su-22s was 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 2.
15 April 1987- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing 1.
21 April 1987- All crewmembers 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 4.
18 May 1987- An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing 2.
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 4 crewmembers and one person on the ground.
20 July 1987- An Su-22 was shot down near Gazni, killing 1.
1 August 1987- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing 1.
13 September 1987- An-26 transport plane was shot down, killing 1.
13 September 1987- An Su-22 strike jet was shot down, killing 1.
29 September 1987- An unidentified helicopter was shot down near Kabul, killing 1.
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 2.
30 October 1987- An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing 2.
23 December 1987- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing 1.
17 January 1988- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing 4.
6 February 1988- An Mi-8 transport helicopter on a search and rescue mission was shot down with several rescued personnel aboard, killing 2 and wounding 6.
16 February 1988- An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing 1.
26 February 1988- An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing 1.
29 February 1988- An Mi-24 attack helicopter shot down 10km Southeast of Bagram, killing 1.
20 April 1988- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing 1.
25 May 1988- An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing 1.
18 July 1988- An unidentified helicopter (possibly an Mi-8) was shot down, killing 1.
21 August 1988- An Mi-24 attack helicopter shot down, killing its 2-member crew.
4 September 1988- An Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down, killing 1.
30 September 1988- An Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down, killing 2.
1 October 1988- An Mi-8 transport was helicopter shot down, killing 1.
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 5.
2 February 1989- An Mi-24 assault helicopter was shot down, killing both crewmembers.

In total, 333 Soviet helicopters and at least 22 jets were lost in the 10 year conflict.

References

[A Russian aviation aficionado's translation of crash reports (found on a Soviet veteran webpage)]

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