List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2020–present)
This is a list of notable 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 Aircraft Crash Record Office, the Air Safety Network or the Dutch Scramble Website Brush and Dustpan Database. Combat losses are not included except for a very few cases denoted by singular circumstances. 2021. August. 6 August Pakistan Air Force(PAF) trainer aircraft crashed near Attock during routine training mission. Both the  pilots ejected successfully and were safe. 31 August US Navy(USN) MH-60S assigned to HSC-8 crashed off the coast of San Diego while conducting operations aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). 1 crew member survived, 5 were killed. September. 19 September US Navy (USN) T-45C Goshawk trainer aircraft crashes into a residential neighborhood in Lake Worth, Texas. Both pilots ejected and no injuries were reported on the ground. The training flight originated from Corpus Christi International Airport. 21 September An Indian Army HAL Cheetah (Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama) crashed or crash landed on a hilly in foggy weather conditions in Shiv Ghar  Dhar area, Udhampur district. Both pilots died in the crash and the helicopter was destroyed. October. 13 October A Royal Australian Navy MH-60R Seahawk operating from made an emergency landing in the Philippine Sea. Its crew of three were rescued. 21 October An Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 crashed in Bhind, Madhya Pradesh after a technical malfunction. The pilot ejected safely but was injured. November. 3 November A Belarusian-owned Antonov An-12 cargo plane crash-lands in Siberia, killing all nine people on board. 17 November A Royal Air Force F-35B Lightning II crashed during routine operations in the Mediterranean . The pilot was safely recovered to . An investigation was started. 30 November A military transport helicopter Mi-17 belonging to Azerbaijan’s State Border Service crashed north of the capital on November 30 with 18 officers on board, killing 14. December. 3 December A Royal Thai Air Force F-5F Tiger II No.21105 crashed in Lopburi during training due to bird strike. The pilot ejected safely but was injured. 8 December An Indian Air Force Mi-17 helicopter crashed in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu at 12:20 PM IST. The Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 13 others, including his wife were killed . 20 December A Madagascar Air Force Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil crashed in the sea off Fenerive-Est, while conducting search and rescue flights in connection with the accident of a cargo vessel. There were four people on board the helicopter. The pilot plus one passenger drowned, while the mechanic and the country's secretary of state for police survived the crash. The latter was rescued after drifting in the sea throughout the night for some 12 hours, and was found and picked up by a small boat the next morning An Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison fighter jet crashes in a  village in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Pilot Wing Commander Harshit Sinha was killed in the crash.