Aircraft Attrition of the Indian Armed Forces Year 2002

DATE	AIRCRAFT NAME	CAT	RANK	NAME	UNIT	S NO	REMARKS
04-Jan-2002	MiG-25R	F	Sqn Ldr	Bhullar	102		Ac hit Mech Rwy Swpr landing at Adampur Pt Ejected
24-Jan-2002	Cheetah SA-315	HC	Maj	A P S Mohal *	ARMY		Capt Pramod Lal Killed. Leh Area
19-Feb-2002	Mi-35	AHC	Flt Lt	Deshpande			Cr Kangradist HP. Crew OK
25-Feb-2002	Deepak HPT-32	T	Flt Lt	Bharadwaj*	AFA		Cr Dacharam Village Dundigal
15-Mar-2002	MiG-21	F		Rakesh Sharma			Cr at Uttarlai - Bayatu and Sindhari villages
04-Apr-2002	MiG-21Bis	F	Sqn Ldr	P K Bundela VM*	32		Cr Jhelu-Gagari vill Jodhpur Dist
11-Apr-2002	MiG-29M	F	Fg Offr	Mishra*	223	KB-3126	Cr Sirsi, Karnataka
20-Apr-2002	MiG-21U	F	Sqn Ldr	T J A Khan*	MOFTU		TO from Sonitpur Missing F/O D Dahiya
26-Apr-2002	MiG-21Bis	F	Fg Offr	Paul			Cr near Sirsa, Pt BO
03-May-2002	MiG-21Bis	F	Flt Lt	S K Nayak		C-2797	Ejected over Jallandhar City - Eight on Ground k
09-May-2002	Jaguar	GA	Fg Offr	S Palarwal*	14	JS-139	Aborted TO Ambala. Hit fence ac exploded
07-Jun-2002	MiG-27M	FGA	Fg Offr	Thakur			Caught fire on TO Srinagar, Pt Ejected
26-Jun-2002	MiG-23BN	FGA	Flt Lt	Bharat Kumar			TO from Halwara Pilot Baled out.
15-Jul-2002	MiG-21U	F	Sqn Ldr	R D Hemraj	8	U-1729	TO from Bagdogra. Both Pilots ejected after TD
16-Aug-2002	Cheetah SA-315	HC	Sqn Ldr	Sanjay Bharadwaj*	114HU		Cr Siachen - Flt Lt A M Trikha killed
09-Sep-2002	MiG-21Bis	F	Flt Lt	Rajat Tyagi		C-276?	Rajasthan. Pilot Baled out
09-Sep-2002	MiG-21Bison	F	Sqn Ldr	Rajat Nangia	3		Cr. Naggal area near Ambala Pilot BO
01-Oct-2002	Illyushin 38	MR	Lt Cdr	R Saini*	315	IN-302	MAC over Dabolim 5 Cr Killed
01-Oct-2002	Illyushin 38	MR	Lt Cdr	S K Rathore*	315	IN-304	MAC over Dabolim 7 Cr Killed.
11-Oct-2002	MiG-21U	F			MOFTU		Cr Rangapura Sonitpur dist, assam Plts BO, Tezpur
21-Oct-2002	MiG-21Bis	F	Flt Lt	Pratap Singh		C-2800	Ejected on approach to Uttarlai - Night flying
05-Nov-2002	Jaguar	GA	Flt Lt	Vipin Rehani	14		Eng Failure near Ambala 5k on ground. Pt Ejected
14-Nov-2002	MiG-21U	F	Wg Cdr	Naresh Dogra*	8		F/O A K Chauhan killed, TO from Baghdogra
21-Nov-2002	Deepak HPT-32	T	Flt Lt	K S Reddy	AFA	X-3254	Flt Cdt Srivastava BO Valvali vill nr Dundigal
19-Dec-2002	MiG-27M	FGA					Cr near Kalaikunda airfield at Midnapore Dist
26-Dec-2002	MiG-21	F	Fg Offr	B K Singh			Cr near Badgam at Srinagar Airfield Pt Ejected

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