2006
- September 2: A British Nimrod MR.2 aircraft catches fire after in-flight refueling, explodes and crashes near Kandahar, killing 14 crewmembers.
- August 31: A Dutch F-16A Block 20 MLU fighter crashes near Ghazni, killing the pilot.
- July 2: A US AH-64 Apache out of Kandahar air base crashes, killing one pilot CW3 William Timothy Flanigan and injuring the other.
- June 11 A US CH-47 Chinook helicopter 91-0497 suffered emergency landing in Helmand Province. Aircraft subsequently deliberately destroyed by coalition airstrike.
- May 24: A RAF C-130 Hercules (XV206) crashes after a minestrike during landing at a dirt landing strip outside the town of Lashkar Gar. All nine crew and 26 passengers aboard safely evacuated, but the airframe burned out.
- May 5: A US CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, killing all 10 U.S. soldiers on board.
- April 28: A US AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed north of Qalat, Afghanistan. Pilot survived with minor injuries, while co-pilot/gunner 1LT Daniel McConnell suffered a traumatic amputation of right arm.
Read more about this topic: List Of Aviation Accidents And Incidents In The War In Afghanistan