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Events
April
- April 14 - USAF F-15 Eagles shoot down two US Army UH-60 Blackhawks over Iraq, mis-identifying them as Iraqi Mil Mi-25s
- April 16 - a Royal Navy Sea Harrier is shot down over Serbia by a SA-7 Grail. The pilot was later rescued
June
- June 9 - an Antonov An-124 carries a 109-tonne diesel locomotive from Ontario to Dublin
July
- July 12 - a Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules flies the 10,000th United Nations relief flight into Sarajevo
August
- Flt Lt Jo Salter is posted to No. 617 Squadron RAF (Tornado GR1Bs), the RAF's first female fast jet pilot
- August 5 - USAF A-10 Thunderbolt IIs attack and destroy a Serbian anti-tank gun
- August 30 - Lockheed and Martin Marietta announce their intention to merge. They will form Lockheed-Martin the following year.
September
- September 8 - USAir (now US Airways) flight 427 crashes into a hillside near Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania killing all 132 people aboard.
- September 22 - two RAF SEPECAT Jaguars and a USAF A-10 attack and destroy a Serbian T-55 tank
First flights
February
- February 15 - Eurocopter EC 135
March
- March 27 - Eurofighter Typhoon
June
- June 12 - Boeing 777
September
- September 13 - Airbus Beluga
October
- October 25 - Bell 430
December
- December 16 - Antonov An-70
Entered service
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