23 February 2011 – In the opening days of the uprising, one
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 was crushed by a tank during a rebel attack on Misrata air base.[1]
23 February 2011 – During the Battle for Benina Airport, one
Mi-35 (serial number 853), was destroyed on the ground. In the same action, serial number 854 Mi-24 was captured by the rebels together with a
Mi-14 of serial number 1406.[citation needed]
23 February 2011 – A Libyan
Su-22UM-3K crashed near
Benghazi. The crew members, Captain Attia Abdel Salem al Abdali and his
co-pilot, Ali Omar Gaddafi, were ordered to bomb the city in response to the
Libyan Civil War. They refused, bailing out of the aircraft and parachuting to the ground.[2][3]
5 March 2011 – Rebels shot down a
Libyan Air ForceSu-24MK during fighting around Ra's Lanuf with a
ZU-23-2 antiaircraft gun. Both crew members died.
BBC reported from the scene after the crash and filmed an aircraft part at the site showing the emblem of the 1124th squadron.[4][5][6]
17 March 2011 – a Free Libyan Air Force
MiG-21UM suffered a technical fault and crashed after takeoff from Benina airport, the aircraft defected on 15 March together with a
MiG-21bis landing at Benina airport, departing from Ghardabiya AB, near Sirte to become part of the
Free Libyan Air Force. .[7]
19 March 2011 – a
MiG-23BN of the
Free Libyan Air Force was shot down over Benghazi by its own air defenses, who mistook it for a loyalist aircraft.[8] The pilot was killed after he ejected too late.[9]
21 March 2011 – An
F-15E Strike Eagle, Tail #91–304, from the
492d FS crashed near Bengazi, Libya.[10] Both crew members parachuted into territory held by resistance elements of the Libyan population and were eventually rescued by US Marines.[11][12] Equipment problems caused a weight imbalance and contributed to the crash when leaving the target area.[13]
(7) 26 March 2011 – five
MiG-23s together with two
Mi-35 helicopters were destroyed by the
French Air Force while parked at Misrata airport, early reports misidentified the fixed wing aircraft as
G-2 Galebs.[16]
9 April 2011 – A Free Libyan Air Force
Mi-25D (serial number 854, captured at the beginning of the revolt) violated the no-fly-zone to strike loyalist positions in Ajdabiya. It was shot down by Libyan ground forces during the action. The pilot, Captain Hussein Al-Warfali, died in the crash.[citation needed]
23 February 2011 – In the opening days of the uprising, one
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 was crushed by a tank during a rebel attack on Misrata air base.[1]
23 February 2011 – During the Battle for Benina Airport, one
Mi-35 (serial number 853), was destroyed on the ground. In the same action, serial number 854 Mi-24 was captured by the rebels together with a
Mi-14 of serial number 1406.[citation needed]
23 February 2011 – A Libyan
Su-22UM-3K crashed near
Benghazi. The crew members, Captain Attia Abdel Salem al Abdali and his
co-pilot, Ali Omar Gaddafi, were ordered to bomb the city in response to the
Libyan Civil War. They refused, bailing out of the aircraft and parachuting to the ground.[2][3]
5 March 2011 – Rebels shot down a
Libyan Air ForceSu-24MK during fighting around Ra's Lanuf with a
ZU-23-2 antiaircraft gun. Both crew members died.
BBC reported from the scene after the crash and filmed an aircraft part at the site showing the emblem of the 1124th squadron.[4][5][6]
17 March 2011 – a Free Libyan Air Force
MiG-21UM suffered a technical fault and crashed after takeoff from Benina airport, the aircraft defected on 15 March together with a
MiG-21bis landing at Benina airport, departing from Ghardabiya AB, near Sirte to become part of the
Free Libyan Air Force. .[7]
19 March 2011 – a
MiG-23BN of the
Free Libyan Air Force was shot down over Benghazi by its own air defenses, who mistook it for a loyalist aircraft.[8] The pilot was killed after he ejected too late.[9]
21 March 2011 – An
F-15E Strike Eagle, Tail #91–304, from the
492d FS crashed near Bengazi, Libya.[10] Both crew members parachuted into territory held by resistance elements of the Libyan population and were eventually rescued by US Marines.[11][12] Equipment problems caused a weight imbalance and contributed to the crash when leaving the target area.[13]
(7) 26 March 2011 – five
MiG-23s together with two
Mi-35 helicopters were destroyed by the
French Air Force while parked at Misrata airport, early reports misidentified the fixed wing aircraft as
G-2 Galebs.[16]
9 April 2011 – A Free Libyan Air Force
Mi-25D (serial number 854, captured at the beginning of the revolt) violated the no-fly-zone to strike loyalist positions in Ajdabiya. It was shot down by Libyan ground forces during the action. The pilot, Captain Hussein Al-Warfali, died in the crash.[citation needed]