almost every 50's & 60's fast jet had what would now be considered unacceptable loss rates
In 1965-73 the US lost to ACCIDENTS only in S E Asia
F-4 Phantom 62 aircraft
F-105 63
F-100 45
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Military Aircraft Accident Statistics [Archive] - PPRuNe Forums has some horror stories about the Harrier
1975-93 the USAF had 204 F-16A "Class A" Accidents
Quote:- Formation position, phase of flight and primary cause of the mishap indicate that maneuvering, cruise and low-level phases account for the majority of the mishaps (71%),
air-to-air engagements associated with a higher proportion of pilot error (71%) than was air-to-ground (49%).
Engine failure was the number one cause of mishaps (35%),
collision with the ground the next most frequent (24%).
Pilot error was determined as causative in 55% of all the mishaps.
Pilot error was often associated with other non-pilot related causes. Channelized attention, loss of situational awareness, and spatial disorientation accounted for approximately 30% of the total pilot error causes found. Pilot demographics, flight hour/sortie profiles, and aircrew injuries are also listed.
Fatalities occurred in 27% of the mishaps, with 97% of those involving pilot errors.
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The Indian AF is currently writing off a plane a month
according to Wikipedia :-
F-104 Starfighter Some operators lost a large proportion of their aircraft through accidents, although the accident rate varied widely depending on the user and operating conditions; the Luftwaffe lost about 30% of aircraft in accidents over its operating career, and Canada lost over 50% of its F-104s.
The
Spanish Air Force, however, lost none.
The Class A mishap rate (write off) of the F-104 in USAF service was 26.7 accidents per 100,000 flight hours as of June 1977,(30.63 through the end of 2007
]), the highest accident rate of any USAF Century Series fighter. By comparison, the rate of the
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was 14.2/100,000 (13.69 through 2007), and the mishap rate for the
North American F-100 Super Sabre was 16.25 accidents per 100,000 flight hours.