This is a list of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred. Not all of the aircraft were in operation at the time. For more exhaustive lists, see the baaa-acro.com archives or the aviation-safety.net database. Combat losses are not included except for a very few cases denoted by singular circumstances.

Aircraft terminology Information on aircraft gives the type, and if available, the serial number of the operator in italics, the constructors number, also known as the manufacturer's serial number (c/n), exterior codes in apostrophes, nicknames (if any) in quotation marks, flight callsign in italics, and operating units.

For this list, the criteria used for a military aircraft will be: any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a governmental organization such as United States Department of Defense or British Armed Forces in either combat or non-combat missions. The aircraft will fall into categories such as fighter, bomber, attack, search and rescue, transport or training.

2000

March 14 March Indian Air Force trainer crashed near Hyderabad, killing 1 instructor on board. His Trainee survived. Sqn Ldr Vishal Mehta was killed while trying to bail out of the trainer aircraft which developed a technical snag.

April 8 April A Bell Helicopter and Boeing Rotorcraft Systems manufactured MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor prototype, BuNo 165436, coded 'MX-04', of HMX-1, (Nighthawk 72) rolled over and crashed at Marana Northwest Regional Airport, Marana, Arizona, United States, killing all 19 United States Marines on board.

19 AprilA Rwandan Air Force Antonov An-8, TL-ACM, chartered from Centrafrican Airlines, crashed near Pepa, Democratic Republic of the Congo after engine failure caused by a suspected bird strike. All 24 on board were killed.

June 19 JuneA United States Navy F-14A Tomcat of Fleet Replacement Squadron 101 VF-101 crashed during tactical demonstration at NAS JRB Willow Grove, killing the pilot and Radar Intercept Officer.

July 26 JulyA Royal Jordanian Air Force C-130H Hercules, 348, crashed shortly after takeoff from King Hussein Air Base, Mafraq Governorate, Jordan. Due to mechanical failures which resulted in the death of all 13 crew members on board.

August 25 AugustRoyal Air Force BAE Systems Hawk T.1, XX266, of the Red Arrows demonstration team suffered a birdstrike while returning to Exeter from a display at Dartmouth, Devon, ~17 miles (27 km.) SW of Exeter, punching large hole in starboard wing. The aircraft was landed safely at Exeter Airport.

September 28 SeptemberA US Navy Beechcraft T-34C Turbo-Mentor of VT-10 crashed in a hayfield in Baldwin County near Silverhill, Alabama, killing both crew.

October 25 OctoberA Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-18 crashed near Batumi, Georgia killing all 84 people on board.

November 1 NovemberHellenic Air Force LTV A-7H Corsair II, 159666, of the 345th Mira, crashed near Cape Tainaros, Crete, Greece. The pilot survived.

16 November Indian Air Force Mil Mi-8 crashed near Rann of Kutch, killing all 12 people on board.

December 11 DecemberThe 18th Bell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey, BuNo 165440, of VMMT-204 (US Marine Corps), with only 157.7 flight hours, crashed in a remote wooded area ~10 miles from MCAS New River, Jacksonville, North Carolina, killing all four crew members.

2001

January

19 JanuaryA Turkish Air Force CASA CN-235 crashed near Kayseri after entering a spin from which recovery was not possible, killing all 3 people on board 27 January The second Antonov An-70 prototype crashed seconds after departure from Omsk airport following multiple engine failure. All 33 on board survived.

February 16 FebruaryA Royal New Zealand Air Force Douglas A-4K Skyhawk, NZ6211, from No. 2 Squadron RNZAF crashed near in New South Wales while practicing maneuvers for an upcoming air show, killing the aircraft's pilot.

March 3 MarchA United States National Guard Short C-23B+ Sherpa (Shorts 360), 93-1336, of Florida Army National Guard Det. 1, H Company, 171st Aviation Regiment, based at Lakeland Linder International Airport, crashed during heavy rainstorm around 1100 hrs. in Unadilla, Georgia in the United States. All 21 people on board were killed. Aircraft was en route from Hurlburt Field, Florida to NAS Oceana, Virginia with Virginia Beach-based RED HORSE detachment on board who had been training at Hurlburt.

23 March A German Air Force Panavia Tornado IDS of Jagdbombergeschwader 34 crashed northwest of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, United States, in the Nevada Test and Training Range, during a low-level attack at night which was being flown as part of Exercise Red Flag. The pilot and the weapon systems officer, both of Jagdbombergeschwader 33, were killed in the crash.

April 1 April A US Navy Lockheed EP-3E Aries II surveillance aircraft, BuNo 156511, coded 'PR-32', of VQ-1, collided with a Chinese Shenyang J-8IID fighter jet, reported as 81192, and was forced to make an emergency landing at Lingshui air base on Hainan Island, China. The U.S. crew was detained for 10 days; the Chinese fighter pilot, Wang Wei, was reported missing and presumed dead. The Chinese refused to let the Orion be flown out, so it was dismantled and transported on chartered Antonov An-124-100 of Polyot.Dawes, Alan, "Spies in the Sky!", Air International, September 2001, Volume 61, Number 3, page 175.

4 April A Sudan Air Force Antonov An-24 crashed during a sandstorm in Adar Yeil, Sudan. Of the 30 people on board, 14 were killed; among them, Sudan's deputy defense minister as well as other high-ranking officers.

12 AprilA Magyar Légierő (Hungarian Air Force) Mil Mi-24D, 579, collided with Mil Mi-24V, 715, while performing low-level formation flight over the range near Gyulafirátót, killing the crew of 579. Aircrew of 715 sustained serious injuries but survived.

May 16 MayA Turkish Air Force CASA CN-235M-100 crashed into a field in Malatya, Turkey killing all 34 on board.

17 MayA Fokker F-27 Friendship of the Argentine Air Force crashed near El Plumerillo Airport in Mendoza Province. The 5 crew members died on impact. It is believed the cause of the accident was a malfunction in one of the engines that caused it to catch on fire.

18 MayA Turkish Navy CASA CN-235 on a test flight crashed after the pilot lost control after reaching an altitude of just 100 feet, killing all 4 people on board. 25 May A Swiss Air Force Aérospatiale Alouette III crashed near Delsberg, Canton of Jura, after a collision with a cable, killing the Pilot and three cross guardians

29 MayThe three crewmembers of a Republic of Korea Army Boeing Vertol CH-47D Chinook helicopter, of the 301st Aviation Regiment, Icheon,Gunner, Jerry, "Keeping Ahead of the Neighbors", Air Forces Monthly, No. 271, November 2010, page 94 were killed when the aircraft crashed in Seoul, South Korea while installing a flame-shaped sculpture atop the Han River Olympic Bridge, built to commemorate the 1988 Olympic Games. Having just lowered the sculpture onto the top of the bridge's central tower the Chinook's forward rotor clipped the apex of the flame and then the tower. The rotor separated from the airframe, which immediately fell onto the span of the bridge and broke in two, the rear half bursting into flame on the bridge and the forward half falling into the river. The bridge had been closed in view of the installation work, and no casualties besides the crew were reported. The dead were identified as pilot Chun Hong-yop, co-pilot Nam In-ho and Sgt. 1st Class Kim Woo-soo. The accident was captured in close detail on video, which subsequently has become widely circulated via the World Wide Web. Following the accident army scuba divers were deployed to recover the wreckage.

29 MayA US Navy McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 crashed near Fort Pierce, Florida, during a ferry flight from NAS Oceana, Virginia, to NAS Key West, Florida. The pilot was killed.

July 17 JulyAt pilot Maj. Aaron George of the 416th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and Judson Brohmer of Tehachapi, California, an aerial photographer under contract to the Air Force Flight Test Center, were killed in the crash of an Edwards-based Lockheed Martin F-16B Block 5 Fighting Falcon, 78-0100, while on a test sortie to chase and film the launch of the Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD) from a second F-16, also from the 416th Flight Test Squadron.

October 12 October A Swiss Air Force Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopter crashed after colliding with an elevated cable near the alpine village of Crans-Montana, Canton of Valais, killing all four of the craft's occupants. it was the second cable-collision crash involving a Swiss Air Force aircraft to have occurred within a five-month period.

December 1 December A Russian military Ilyushin Il-76TD caught fire and crashed near Novaya Inya, Russia, killing all 18 on board.

2002

January 8 JanuaryA Belgian Air Force General Dynamics F-16A crashed during approach at Kleine Brogel Air Base. The pilot ejected safely.

9 January A USMC Lockheed KC-130R, BuNo 160021 of VMGR-352 (RAIDR 04) crashed into mountainous terrain while on a nighttime approach to Shamsi, Pakistan, 270 kilometers southwest of Quetta, Pakistan, killing all seven crew members on board.

February 17 FebruaryA USMC McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18D Hornet from VMFA-533 crash-landed at Twentynine Palms, California. Both aircrew ejected but the WSO, while hospitalized, died from his injuries.

21 FebruaryA Russian Navy Antonov An-26, 07 Red, crashed one mile (1.5 km.) short of runway at Lakhta Airfield, near Arkhangelsk, northern Russia, during an emergency landing. Of the 20 people on board, 17 were killed.Stamford, Lincs., UK: Air Forces Monthly, compiled by Dave Allport, April 2002, Number 169, page 75.

March 2 MarchA Grumman F-14B Tomcat, BuNo 162923, of VF-143, 'AG', from the carrier USS John F. Kennedy crashed into the Mediterranean near the Greek island of Crete, killing its pilot.Eisman, Dale, staff writer, "Oceana-Based F-14 Crashes in Sea; Crew of 2 Rescued", The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia, Saturday 9 March 2002 The aircraft was launching from the carrier when the nose gear disintegrated – both crew ejected but the pilot was outside the envelope and was killed.

8 March A Grumman F-14A Tomcat, BuNo 158618, of VF-211, based at NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia crashed into the Arabian Sea after a failed attempt to land on the carrier USS John C. Stennis. The Navy said both crew members were pulled from the water by a rescue helicopter shortly after the accident; neither appeared to be seriously injured.

9 MarchA Portuguese Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed in Monte Real, Portugal while practicing aerobatic maneuvers, killing the pilot.

April 2 AprilA United States Navy Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon of HM-14 BuNo 163051 crashed on the runway at Bahrain International Airport. All 18 men and woman on board survived with only a few cases of minor injuries.

11 AprilA MiG-27 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed into the village jungles of South Indian state in Karnataka after flying from Goa Air Force Station, Karwar, killing the pilot, Flying Officer Prashant Kumar Mishra.

20 AprilDuring the NAS Point Mugu air show (Point Mugu, California), the pilot and radar intercept officer were killed when their United States Navy McDonnell-Douglas QF-4S+ Phantom II, BuNo 155749, stalled and crashed after pulling away from a diamond formation. Both ejected but their chutes had insufficient time to deploy. The Navy report stated in part: "The cause of this tragic accident was the failure of the pilot to manage the energy state of the aircraft, and then to recognize a departure from controlled flight at low altitude, and apply the NATOPS recovery techniques." This Phantom II was credited with a MiG-17 kill 10 May 1972 with VF-96.