This is a list of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Libyan crisis . It includes helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and drones (UAVs), and losses from the First Libyan Civil War (2011), the Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014), the Second Libyan Civil War (2014–2020) and the current post-civil war fighting.
Aircraft losses | |||
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Airframe | ![]() ![]() LNA | ![]() ![]() GNA | Others |
MiG-21 | 5 | — | 1 ![]() |
MiG-23 | 6 | — | 1 ![]() |
MiG-25 | — | — | 1 ![]() |
Mirage F1 | — | 4 | |
L-39 Albatros | — | 5 | 3 ![]() |
Antonov An-26 | 1 | — | — |
Ilyushin Il-76 | 2 | 1 | 1 ![]() |
Unknown fighter | — | — | 1 ![]() |
Unknown helicopter | 1 | ||
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper | — | — | 3 (2 ![]() ![]() |
Bayraktar TB2 | — | 22 | — |
Baykar Bayraktar Akıncı | — | 1 | — |
TAI Anka | — | 2 | — |
CAIG Wing Loong/ II | 9 | — | — |
p.297 Summary of HAF Bayraktar TB2 UCAV destroyed (14 May 2019 to date) 14 May 2019 Confirmed by Imagery
p.32 The Panel is aware that two Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs were destroyed by HAF air strikes against the Misrata air academy on 6 and 7 June 2019], with a third shot down by HAF on 30 June 2019, but combat losses have reportedly been much higher
p.32 The Panel is aware that two Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs were destroyed by HAF air strikes against the Misrata air academy on 6 and 7 June 2019, with a third shot down by HAF on 30 June 2019, but combat losses have reportedly been much higher
On July 25, several Bayraktars were used to attack and subsequently destroy two Ilyushin Il-76 military transport aircraft operated by Ukraine's Air Europe airfreight company, at Al Jufra Air Base. A hangar was also destroyed at the base, which was being used as a key staging post for supporters of General Haftar's LNA.
p.297 Summary of HAF Bayraktar TB2 UCAV destroyed (14 May 2019 to date) 25 July 2019 Confirmed by Imagery
...on August 6, when at least one Wing Loong II fired at and destroyed another Ukraine registered Il-76, operated by Cargo Alfa Air. The aircraft had landed at Misrata Air Base from Ankara, at around 10.30pm, with ammunition and UAVs, when it was hit
p.145 Infographic for TAI Anka UCAV Abu Grein 19 April 2020