Sudanese Mi-17 crashes in Darfur, five killed

A Sudanese military Mi-17 has crashed in North Darfur killing all five people on board. The five included three crew and two soldiers. This is the second Sudanese military helicopter to crash in a week, five days after an Mi-24 gunship crashed on takeoff in Khartoum.

Sudanese Hind crashes in Khartoum, one dead

A reported engine fire soon after takeoff caused the crash of a Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter of the Sudanese Air Force, killing one of three on board. The incident happened at Khartoum Airport.

Darfur rebels claim to have shot down Sudanese MiG

Darfur rebels have claimed to have shot down a MiG-29 belonging to the Sudanese Air Force. The jet was reportedly shot down near the town of Majrur in the state of North Kordofan. The Sudanese military has not commented on the report.

PHOTO: Sudanese Su-25s seen by U.N. envoys in Darfur

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Four Russian Sukhoi Su-25 "Frogfoot" ground-attack jets sit on the tarmac of El Fasher airport in North Darfur, in this photograph taken October 8, 2010. Sudan has acquired 15 Russian-made Sukhoi Su-25 "Frogfoot" jets from Belarus since 2008, and there is controversy over whether the Sudanese government has used them for air attacks against Darfuris in defiance of the 2005 U.N. arms embargo, according to UN report on arms embargo breaches on October 22, 2010. (Photo: REUTERS/Louis Charbonneau)

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