Aircraft
Attrition of the Airforces of the Indian Subcontinent
The  Aircraft attrition section
has its root in my IAF Attrition section that has been hosted on my tripod site years
back. I had over the years collected attrition info related to the Indian Air Force in
quite some detail, and have built upon with some information on other air forces as well.
From the links on the left - you can
access the various sections. First and foremost is the Indian Air Force Attrition section
post 1947 which has over 900 records.
The Pakistan Air Force section has a list
of around 330 accidents since its inception in 1947.
The predecessor of both the Airforces,
The Royal Indian Air Force losses are also listed in seperate link , these numbers nearly
300.
How accurate are these figures? The Figures
between 1979 till 1996 cover 60% of all the losses. all figures prior to 79 are just
indicative and in no way qualifies as comprehensive. All the incidents before 1994
have been covered by reports from news papers and sources. The Years 1994, 1995 , 1996 are
not covered and we had to refer to secondary sources for the figures. 1997 and 1998 have
been covered by a Statement released in the Parliament on 11 Mar 99. All figures from
April 1999 have been collected by news reports from the Internet. To give you an idea of
its coverage, Here are the 'reports' against the available data.
.
Year wise break up of Accidents and Writeoffs |
| Year |
Fighter |
Trainer |
Helicopter |
Transport |
| 1991-92 |
27 |
08 |
03 |
01 |
| 1992-93 |
19 |
04 |
03 |
01 02 |
| 1993-94 |
23 |
04 |
01 |
01 |
| 1994-95 |
19 |
07 |
04 |
- |
| 1995-96 |
24 |
08 |
04 |
02 01 |
| 1996-97 |
18 |
02 |
02 |
02 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| 1997-98 |
11 |
2 |
3 |
|
| 1998-99 |
17 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| 1999-00 |
20 20 |
5 |
2 |
|
| 2000-01 |
19 19 |
1 |
8 |
|
| 2001-02 |
13 12 |
3 |
2 |
|
| 2002-03 |
15 15 |
1 |
1 |
|
| Aircraft Type |
Total |
Recorded |
Percentage |
| MiG-21 |
315 |
163(13) |
52% |
| MiG-23 |
|
23 (3) |
|
| MiG-25 |
04 |
02 |
|
| MiG-27 |
|
21 |
|
| MiG-29 |
07(1) |
05 (0) |
|
| Jaguar |
23(1) |
23 (1) |
|
| Mirage 2000 |
03 |
03 |
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Our Thanks go to the following:
PUBLICATIONS
- History of the Indian Air Force 1933-47 , Ed by SN
Gupta , pub by MoD India
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web Site at www.cwgc.org
- Final Landings by Colin Cummings
- The Price of Peace by Colin Cummings
- Broken Wings by James J Halley, pub by Air Britain
Ltd
- Spitfire International by Helmut Terbeck, pub by
Air Britain Ltd
- The Battle Axes by Pushpindar Singh, pub by Society
for Aerospace Studies
- Sir James Martin by Sarah Sharman
PEOPLE
Read more in detail on the SOURCES
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