List of Aviation Accidents and Incidents in The War in Afghanistan - 2002

2002

• December 21: CH-53G crashed in Kabul, killing seven German soldiers.
• December 19: F-16A Block 20 MLU fighter overran a runway at Bagram airbase and landed about 500 meters away in a mine field. The Danish Air Force pilot was evacuated to a US Army hospital.
• November 1: Two CH-47 Chinook helicopters collided in Afghanistan. One of them crashed, another was repaired later
• August 13: A US AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed about 20 miles south of Kabul. The crew survived.
• August 13: HH-60 Pave Hawk crashed in Urgun, injuring six on board. A civilian wounded in an ambush had been taken from the eastern town of Khost to a U.S. medical team in Urgun, and the Air Force helicopter was leaving when the accident occurred.
• June 12: MC-130H Combat Talon crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing three of the ten service members aboard.
• April 11, AH-64 Apache crash-lands outside of Kandahar.
• March 4: Two CH-47 Chinook helicopters were hit by RPGs and gunfire during Operation Anaconda. Two were killed in the first helicopter, which was dropping off a SEAL team. The second Chinook came in later that day to try to rescue the crew of the first CH-47, and subsequently was shot down, killing four.
• February 13: MC-130P Shadow crashed in eastern Afghanistan. There were no casualties.
• January 28: CH-47 Chinook crashed in eastern Afghanistan due to a brownout, injuring 14 soldiers.
• January 20: CH-53E from HMM-361 crashed 40 miles south of Bagram air base killing two Marines on board.
• January 9: A KC-130 Hercules tanker crashed into a Pakistani mountain, killing seven Americans on board.