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This is a list of [[aviation]]-related events from 1995.

== Events ==
* [[Alyemda|Alyemda Air Yemen]] is renamed Alyemen Airlines of Yemen.
* A [[North American Sabreliner]] owned by [[Osama bin Laden]] is badly damaged in a [[runway excursion]] in [[Khartoum]], allegedly ending an [[Al-Qaeda]] plot to assassinate [[Egyptian president]] [[Hosni Mubarak]] by ramming his presidential aircraft.<ref name=AlArabiya2015>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Bin Laden wanted Mubarak killed in plane crash, U.S. man tells jurors  |url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/02/15/Bin-Laden-wanted-Mubarak-killed-in-plane-crash-U-S-man-tells-jurors-.html |work=[[Al Arabiya]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=15 February 2015 |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>

===January===
* January 4 &ndash; Mexican composer and conductor [[Eduardo Mata]] and his passenger are killed when an engine of the [[Piper Aerostar]] Mata is piloting fails and the Aerostar crashes near [[Cuernavaca]], [[Mexico]], shortly after takeoff from [[Cuernavaca Airport]].<ref name="famous90s">[http://www.planecrashinfo.com/famous1990s.htm planecrashinfo.com Famous People Who Died in Aviation Accidents: 1990s]</ref>
* January 10 &ndash; Flight 6715, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6, went missing over the Molo Strait. All 14 people on board were likely killed. Investigators suspected that an explosion occurred on the lower cargo compartment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950110-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 PK-NUK Molo Strait}}</ref>
* January 11 &ndash; [[Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 256]] crashes near [[Cartagena, Colombia]] with 51 fatalities. A 9-year-old girl is the only survivor.
* January 19 &ndash; [[Lightning]] strikes [[Bristow Flight 56C]], a [[Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma]] helicopter, forcing its pilot to [[autorotate]] and [[Water landing|ditch]] in heavy seas in the [[North Sea]] near the [[Brae oilfield]]{{'}}s Brae Alpha oil rig. All 18 people on board escape unharmed in a [[life raft]] and are rescued.
* January 26 &ndash; The [[Cenepa War]] breaks out between [[Peru]] and [[Ecuador]]. Peruvian [[Mil Mi-8]] ([[NATO reporting name]] "Hip") and [[Mil Mi-25]] (NATO reporting name "Hind D"), as well as Ecuadorian [[Aérospatiale Gazelle]] helicopters begin ground-attack operations.
* [[Project Bojinka]], a project to destroy planes and buildings was discovered by authorities in January 1995. A plan to blow up Delta Airlines and United Airlines planes was also discovered. Ramzi Yousef was the mastermind. <ref name="NewJackals">[[Simon Reeve (British TV presenter)|Simon Reeve]] (1998). [[The New Jackals]]: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the future of terrorism. Northeastern University Press)</ref>{{verify inline|date=May 2023}}{{pn|date=May 2023}}

===February===
* [[Cirrus Airlines]] is founded.
* February 9–12 &ndash; Heavy fighting continues between Peru and Ecuador. The [[Peruvian Air Force|Peruvian]] and [[Ecuadorian Air Force|Ecuadorian]] Air Forces step up their activities.
* February 10 &ndash; The prototype [[Antonov An-70]] [[1995 Antonov An-70 prototype crash|collides]] with an [[Antonov An-72]] chase plane over [[Kyiv Oblast]] in [[Ukraine]] during a test flight. The An-72 lands safely at [[Hostomel Airport]], but the An-70 crashes, killing all seven people on board.
* February 10 &ndash; A pair of Ecuadorian Air Force [[Dassault Mirage F1|Mirage F.1JAs]] shoot down two Peruvian Air Force [[Sukhoi Su-17|Sukhoi Su-22Ms]] ([[NATO reporting name]] "Fitter"). Almost simultaneously, an Ecuadorian [[IAI Kfir|Kfir C.2]] shoots down a Peruvian [[Cessna A-37|Cessna A-37B]].
* February 13 &ndash; A violent [[thunderstorm]] hits [[Miami International Airport]] in [[Miami, Florida|Miami]], [[Florida]], causing [[USD|US$]]5 million in damage. Four [[airliner]]s and nine [[jetway]]s suffer serious damage.
* February 27 &ndash; The last flight to depart [[Stapleton International Airport]] in [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]], [[Colorado]] – [[Continental Airlines]] Flight 34, a [[Douglas DC-10|Douglas DC-10-30]] (registration N12061) bound for [[London]]′s [[Gatwick Airport]] – takes off, and the airport closes after 65½ years of service; its property will be redeveloped as a residential and retail center. The event also marks the end of Continental's use of Denver as a [[Airline hub|hub]]. A large convoy of airport ground vehicles then drives overnight from Stapleton International to its successor, [[Denver International Airport]], which opens the following morning.<ref>[http://www.aeromoe.com/stapleton.html aeromoe.com Last Flight Out Of Stapleton February 27, 1995]</ref><ref>[http://aviationphotographs.net/StapletonAirport/stapletonairport.html aviationphotographs.net Stapleton International Airport]</ref><ref>[http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CO/Airfields_CO_Denver_NE.htm#stapleton airfields-freeman.com Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Colorado: Northeastern Denver area]</ref>
* February 28 &ndash; Sixteen months behind schedule, Denver International Airport opens in Denver, Colorado, replacing Stapleton International Airport. The first flight to depart from the new airport is [[United Airlines]] Flight 1062 to [[Kansas City International Airport]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], and the first to arrive is United Airlines Flight 1474 from [[Colorado Springs Airport]] in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]], Colorado.

===March===
* March 14
**An [[Aeroflot]] [[Antonov An-12]] crashes near [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]], after running out of fuel. Crew negligence is blamed, and it is suggested that the flight crew were drunk.
**A [[Bell 206|Bell 206B-3]] helicopter piloted by Carlos Menem, Jr., the son of [[President of Argentina]] [[Carlos Menem]], strikes [[Overhead power line|power lines]] while taking off at [[San Nicholas, Argentina|San Nicholas]], [[Argentina]], and crashes, killing him and his passenger, Argentinian race car driver [[Silvio Oltra]].<ref name="famous90s"/> 
* March 31 &ndash; The [[TAROM]] [[Airbus A310|A310-324]] ''Muntenia'', operating as [[TAROM Flight 371|Flight 371]], crashes near [[Baloteşti]], [[Romania]], shortly after takeoff from [[Otopeni International Airport]] in [[Bucharest]], killing all 60 people on board.

===April===
* April 4 &ndash; [[Russian Federation Air Force]] warplanes are deployed to support the movement of [[Russian Army]] troops into [[Chechnia]].
* April 27 &ndash; American air racer and aircraft designer and builder [[Steve Wittman]] and his wife die when the [[Wittman O&O]] he is piloting crashes near [[Stevenson, Alabama|Stevenson]], [[Alabama]], after [[wing flutter]] makes him lose control of the plane and it crashes, killing both of them.<ref name="famous90s"/>

===May===
* May 16 &ndash; A [[Royal Air Force]] [[Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod|BAe Nimrod]] is forced to ditch in [[Moray Firth]]
* May 24 &ndash; [[Knight Air Flight 816]] bound for Aberdeen crashes in a field near [[Dunkeswick]] shortly after departure from Leeds-Bradford airport. All 9 passengers and 3 crew members were killed. 
* May 25–26 &ndash; A combined force of [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO) aircraft attack a [[Bosnian Serb]] ammunition depot near [[Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Pale]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref name="nh-ev">{{citation|title=NATO Handbook: Evolution of the Conflict |publisher=NATO |url=http://www.nato.int/docu/handbook/2001/hb050102.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011107101023/http://www.nato.int/docu/handbook/2001/hb050102.htm |archive-date=November 7, 2001 }}</ref>
* May 28 &ndash; Bosnian Serb forces shoot down a [[Mil Mi-8]] (NATO reporting name "Hip") helicopter carrying the [[foreign minister]] of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. They also shoot down a [[United States Air Force]] [[F-16 Fighting Falcon]].

===June===
* June 2 &ndash; While on an [[Operation Deny Flight]] patrol over [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], a U.S. Air Force [[F-16 Fighting Falcon]] is shot down by a [[Bosnian Serb]] [[2K12 Kub]] ([[NATO reporting name]] "SA-6 Gainful") [[surface-to-air missile]]. Its pilot, [[Captain (United States)|Captain]] [[Scott O'Grady]], ejects and evades capture for six days until he is rescued on June 8 by [[United States Marines]] of the [[24th Marine Expeditionary Unit]] based on the [[amphibious assault ship]] {{USS|Kearsarge|LHD-3}} in what will come to be known as the [[Mrkonjić Grad incident]].
*June 6 &ndash;Due to fog an Indian Air Force Mil Mi 17 crashed killing a pilot, major and few soldiers died leaving the co-pilot, Flying Officer Deven Arekar with 50% burns later succumbed, Walong, Arunachal Pradesh, India 
* June 9 &ndash; During an instrument approach to [[Palmerston North International Airport]] in [[Palmerston North]], [[New Zealand]], in bad weather, [[Ansett New Zealand Flight 703]], a [[de Havilland Canada DHC-8|de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102]], crashes west of the [[Tararua Ranges]], killing four of the 21 people on board and injuring all 17 survivors.
* June 12 &ndash; A court in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]], declares [[Air Zaïre]] bankrupt, and the airline ceases operations and goes out of business.

===July===
* [[Alliance Air (Uganda)|Alliance Air]], a multinational airline based in [[Uganda]], begins flight operations, using a single [[Boeing 747SP]].
*July 6 &ndash; The [[Government of Australia]] abolishes its Civil Aviation Authority and establishes the new [[Civil Aviation Safety Authority]] and [[Airservices Australia]]. The Civil Aviation Authority's functions are divided between the two new entities, with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority becoming [[Australia]]′s national [[civil aviation authority]], with responsibility for the safety of civil aviation, while Airservices Australia, a government-owned corporation, takes over the responsibility for [[air traffic control]] in Australia. 
*July 11
** [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO) aircraft attack [[Bosnian Serb]] targets in the [[Srebrenica]] area of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=NATO Aircraft Provide Close Air Support In The Srebrenica Area|publisher=[[NATO]]|date=July 11, 1995|language=en, fr|url=http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/1995/p95-068.htm}}</ref> The [[United Nations Protection Force]] (UNPROFOR) calls off the airstrikes after Bosnian Serb [[General officer|General]] [[Ratko Mladić]] threatens to kill 50 UNPROFOR personnel seized as hostages and to shell the [[Bosniak]] [[Muslim]] population in Srebrenica if NATO air strikes continue. The [[Srebrenica massacre]] ensues.
** A [[Cubana de Aviación]] [[Antonov An-24]] crashes into the [[Caribbean]] off southeast [[Cuba]] killing 44 people.
*July 25 &ndash; The [[North Atlantic Council]] authorizes military planning aimed at deterring an attack on the safe area of [[Goražde]] in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], and threatens the use of NATO air power if the safe area is threatened or attacked.<ref name="nh-ev"/>

===August===
*Emerging from financial difficulties, the [[national airline]] of [[Ecuador]], [[Ecuatoriana de Aviación]], resumes business operations after being dormant since [[1993 in aviation#September|September 1993]]. It will resume flight operations in [[1996 in aviation#June|June 1996]].
*August 1 &ndash; The [[North Atlantic Council]] authorizes military planning aimed at deterring attacks on the safe areas of [[Sarajevo]], [[Bihać]], and [[Tuzla]] in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], and threatens the use of NATO air power if the safe areas are threatened or attacked.<ref name="nh-ev"/>
* August 3 &ndash; A [[Military of the Taliban|Taliban]]-controlled [[Afghan Air Force]] [[MiG-21]] [[1995 Airstan incident|forces]] an [[Airstan]] [[Ilyushin Il-76]] carrying cargo to [[President of Afghanistan]] [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]] to land at [[Kandahar, Afghanistan|Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]]. The [[Taliban]] will hold the aircraft and the seven [[Russia]]n men on board for over a year until they escape in the aircraft on August 16, [[1996 in aviation|1996]].
* August 4 &ndash; NATO aircraft conduct air strikes against [[Croatian Serb]] [[air defense]] radars in [[Croatia]] near [[Udbina]] airfield and [[Knin]].<ref name="nh-ev"/>
* August 9 &ndash; While on approach to land at [[El Salvador International Airport]] in [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]], during a [[thunderstorm]], [[Aviateca Flight 901]], a [[Boeing 737-200]], crashes into [[San Vicente (volcano)|San Vicente]] [[volcano]], killing all 65 people on board.
*August 10 &ndash; The commanders of [[Allied Forces Southern Europe]] and the [[United Nations Protection Force]] (UNPROFOR) conclude a [[memorandum of understanding]] on the execution of airstrikes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref name="changing69">{{cite book | title= The changing rules on the use of force in international law | first= Tarcisio | last= Gazzini | year= 2005 | page= 69 | publisher= [[Manchester University]] Press | isbn= 978-0-7190-7325-0 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fDimGeTLOLkC&pg=PA69}}</ref>
* August 16 &ndash; A [[Concorde]] sets a new speed record for a round-the-world flight. It returns to [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in [[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|New York]], after a journey lasting 31 hours 27 minutes, passing through [[Toulouse]], [[France]]; [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]; [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]; [[Guam]]; [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]]; and [[Acapulco]], [[Mexico]].<ref>[http://www.allbusiness.com/transportation/air-transportation-airports/7142582-1.html Air France Concorde sets round-the-world speed record]</ref>
*August 21 &ndash; [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines]] Flight 529, an [[Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia]], [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529|crashes due to a faulty propeller blade]]. A post-crash fire kills nine passengers and the [[Captain (civil aviation)|captain]].
* August 28 &ndash; [[airBaltic|Air Baltic]] is founded as the [[flag carrier]] of [[Latvia]]. It will begin flight operations on [[1995 in aviation#October|October 1]].
* August 30 &ndash; The [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO) launches [[Operation Deliberate Force]] against [[Bosnian Serb]] forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, employing aircraft based at [[Aviano Air Base]] in [[Italy]] and aboard the U.S. Navy [[aircraft carrier]]s {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71}} and {{USS|America|CV-66}} in the [[Adriatic Sea]]. NATO aircraft fly 200 sorties during the first 24 hours, including the first combat missions flown by the [[German Air Force]] since the end of [[World War II]] in [[Europe]] in May 1945. During the day, a Bosnian Serb shoulder-fired [[surface-to-air missile]] shoots down a [[French Air Force]] [[Dassault Mirage 2000]] near [[Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Pale]], Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref name="changing69"/><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MBwKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s0oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4322,202184&dq=tornado+german+sarajevo&hl=en The Victoria Advocate, 2 September 1995]</ref><ref>Central Intelligence Agency. (2002). ''Balkan battlegrounds: a military history of the Yugoslav conflict, 1990–1995.'' Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis, v. 1, page 378</ref> Raids will continue until September 14.

===September===
* September 1 &ndash; The [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO) ceases airstrikes in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] as NATO and the [[United Nations]] demand that the [[Bosnian Serb]]s lift the [[Siege of Sarajevo]], remove their heavy weapons from the heavy weapons exclusion zone around [[Sarajevo]], and make no further moves to endanger the complete security of other United Nations safe areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina. NATO threatens to resume air strikes if the Bosnian Serbs do not meet these demands by September 4.
* September 2 &ndash; At the [[Canadian International Air Show]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], a [[Royal Air Force]] [[Hawker Siddeley Nimrod|Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2P]] [[maritime patrol aircraft]] making a demonstration flight [[Stall (flight)|stalls]] during a low-altitude turn and crashes into [[Lake Ontario]], killing its entire seven-man crew.<ref>{{cite web | title=Accident Description British Aerospace Nimrod MR.2P | work=Aviation Safety Network | publisher=Flight Safety Foundation | date=2004-09-19 | url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950902-0 | access-date=July 6, 2008}}</ref>
* September 5 &ndash; The Bosnian Serbs having failed to comply with its demands of September 1, NATO resumes air attacks on their positions around Sarajevo and near the Bosnian Serb headquarters at [[Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Pale]]. During the day, the U.S. Navy{{'}}s [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat]] fighter is used as an [[attack aircraft]] for the first time when an F-14A operating from the aircraft carrier {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71}} in the [[Adriatic Sea]] drops two {{convert|2,000|lb|kg|adj=on}} bombs on [[Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Serb]] positions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref>Polmar, Norman, "Historic Aircraft: A Premier Fighter," ''Naval History'', April 2012, p. 14.</ref>
* September 10 &ndash; U.S. Air Force [[McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle]]s and U.S. Navy [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet]]s employing about a dozen [[precision-guided bombs]] and U.S. Air Force [[F-16 Fighting Falcon]]s using [[Maverick missile]]s join the U.S. Navy [[guided-missile cruiser]] {{USS|Normandy|CG-60}}, which launches a [[BGM-109 Tomahawk]] [[cruise missile]] strike from the central [[Adriatic Sea]], in a night attack on a key Yugoslav air defense [[Microwave transmission|radio relay]] tower at [[Lisina]] in the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=NATO SHIFTS FOCUS OF ITS AIR ATTACKS ON BOSNIAN SERBS (Published 1995) |work=The New York Times |date=September 11, 1995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308233737/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/11/world/nato-shifts-focus-of-its-air-attacks-on-bosnian-serbs.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date=2021-03-08 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/11/world/nato-shifts-focus-of-its-air-attacks-on-bosnian-serbs.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |last1=Schmitt |first1=Eric }}</ref><ref>Rip, Michael Russell and Hasik, James M. (2002) ''The Precision Revolution: GPS and the Future of Aerial Warfare''. Naval Institute Press, p. 226. {{ISBN|1-55750-973-5}}</ref>
* September 11 &ndash; The [[NASA Pathfinder#Pathfinder|NASA Pathfinder]] [[unmanned aerial vehicle]] (UAV) sets an unofficial world altitude record for [[Solar power|solar-powered]] aircraft of {{convert|50,000|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} during a 12-hour flight from the [[Dryden Flight Research Center]] at [[Edwards Air Force Base]], [[California]].
* September 14 &ndash; NATO suspends its air campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 72 hours &ndash; later extended to 114 hours &ndash; to allow the Bosnian Serbs to implement an agreement with NATO requiring them to withdraw their heavy weapons from the Sarajevo exclusion zone in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
* September 19 &ndash; [[Flight attendant]] Reza Jabari [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacks]] [[Kish Air hijacking|Kish Air Flight 707]], a [[Tupolev Tu-154M]] carrying 174 people, during a flight from [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], to [[Kish Island]], Iran, and demands that it fly to [[Europe]]. Lacking the fuel to do so, the plane instead lands at the military base at [[Ovda Airport]] in [[Israel]], where Jabari is arrested. The airliner{{'}}s passengers are flown to Iran the next day.
* September 20 &ndash; The commanders of the [[United Nations Protection Force]] (UNPROFOR) and [[Allied Forces Southern Europe]] agree that the resumption of [[Operation Deliberate Force]] airstrikes is not necessary, as Bosnian Serbs had complied with the conditions set out by the United Nations. The NATO bombing campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina comes to an end.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://planken.org/balkans/chronology/unprofor/1995 |title=The Balkans Chronology |access-date=January 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314010216/http://planken.org/balkans/chronology/unprofor/1995 |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the 22-day campaign, NATO aircraft have flown 3,515 sorties against 338 individual targets, losing only one aircraft, with its two-man crew captured.
* September 22 &ndash; A [[United States Air Force]] [[E-3 Sentry]] runs into a flight of [[Canada goose|Canada geese]] on takeoff from [[Elmendorf Air Force Base]] in [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]], [[Alaska]]. The two portside engines ingest geese, and the plane [[1995 Alaska Boeing E-3 Sentry accident|crashes]] {{convert|2|mi|km}} from the runway, killing all 24 people on board. It is the deadliest [[bird strike]] in history involving a U.S. military aircraft.<ref>Brotak, Ed, "When Birds Strike," ''Aviation History'', May 2016, p. 47.</ref>

===October===
* October 1 &ndash; The [[flag carrier]] of [[Latvia]], [[airBaltic|Air Baltic]], begins flight operations. The airline takes delivery of its first plane, a [[Saab 340]], during the day, and the plane makes the airline's first flight during the afternoon.
* October 2 &ndash; [[Aer Lingus]] retires its [[Boeing 747]]s from service. Over the preceding 25 years, over eight million people had flown on [[transatlantic flight]]s aboard Aer Lingus Boeing 747s.

===November===
* The [[Switzerland|Swiss]] airline [[Crossair]] begins [[Air charter|charter]] service for its major shareholder, [[Swissair]].
* November 9 &ndash; [[Macau International Airport]] opens for commercial operations in [[Macau]].
* November 12 &ndash; [[American Airlines Flight 1572]], a [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-83]] with 78 people on board, lands short of the runway at [[Bradley International Airport]] in [[Windsor Locks, Connecticut|Windsor Locks]], [[Connecticut]]. Only one person is injured.
* November 17 &ndash; The rollout of the first [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited|HAL]] [[HAL Tejas|Light Combat Aircraft]] (LCA) technology demonstrator, TD-1, takes place.

===December===
* December 3 &ndash; [[Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701]], a [[Boeing 737-200]], loses power in one engine while on approach to [[Douala International Airport]] in [[Douala]], [[Cameroon]], and crashes short of the runway into a [[mangrove swamp]], killing 71 of the 76 people on board and injuring all five survivors.
* December 5 &ndash; [[Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 56]] crashes shortly after takeoff from [[Nakhchivan Airport]], killing 52 people on board.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19951205-0|title=Accident description|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]| access-date =April 20, 2015}}</ref>
* December 6 &ndash; [[Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949]] crashes into [[Bo-Dzhausa Mountain]], Russia, killing all 98 people aboard (including six children).
* December 7 &ndash; An [[Air Saint Martin]] [[Beechcraft 1900|Beechcraft 1900D]] chartered by the [[Cabinet of France|Government of France]] to return [[illegal immigrant]]s from [[France|French]] territory to [[Haiti]] drifts off course and [[1995 Air St. Martin Beech 1900 crash|crashes]] into a mountain near [[Bell-Anse]], Haiti, while on approach to [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti, killing all 20 people on board.
* December 9 &ndash; [[Idaho National Guard]] [[F-4 Phantom II|F-4G Phantom II]]s finish their tour of duty in [[Operation Provide Comfort II]] at [[Incirlik Air Base]], [[Turkey]]. It concludes the final U.S. Air Force operational use of the F-4 Phantom II.<ref name="globalsecurity1">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/provide_comfort_2.htm |title=Operation Provide Comfort II |publisher=Globalsecurity.org|access-date=October 10, 2008}}</ref>
* December 12 &ndash; The [[Bosnian Serb]]s release two French airmen who on August 30 had become the only [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO) personnel captured during NATO{{'}}s [[Operation Deliberate Force]] bombing campaign when a Bosnian Serb shoulder-fired [[surface-to-air missile]] shot down their [[Dassault-Breguet Mirage 2000]] near [[Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Pale]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. They report that the Bosnian Serbs had treated them well during their captivity.<ref>{{cite news| newspaper=LA Times| url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-13-mn-13525-story.html| author= Scott Kraft and Dean E. Murphy| title= Bosnian Serbs Free Downed French Airmen| date= December 13, 1995| access-date= December 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| publisher= The Chicago Tribune| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/12/13/2-downed-french-airmen/| author= Tom Hundley| title= 2 Downed French Airmen Act Removes Possible Hitch In Signing Of Peace Agreement| date= December 13, 1995| access-date= December 7, 2012}}</ref>
* December 13 &ndash; Overloaded and suffering from [[Atmospheric icing|icing]] on its [[wing]]s, [[Banat Air Flight 166]], a chartered [[Antonov An-24|Antonov An-24B]], crashes at [[Sommacampagna]], [[Italy]], on takeoff from [[Verona Airport]], [[Verona]], during a [[snowstorm]]. All 49 people on board die.
* December 18 &ndash; A badly overloaded [[Trans Service Airlift]] [[Lockheed L-188 Electra|Lockheed L-188C Electra]] on a special charter flight for [[UNITA]] [[Trans Service Airlift Lockheed L-188 crash|crashes]] at [[Cahangula]], [[Angola]], on takeoff from [[Jamba Airport]], killing 141 of the 144 people on board and injuring all three survivors. The deadliest aircraft crash of 1995 at the time, its death toll will be exceeded two days later.
* December 20 &ndash; An [[American Airlines]] [[Boeing 757]] operating as [[American Airlines Flight 965|Flight 965]] crashes on a mountainside near [[Cali]], [[Colombia]], minutes before beginning its landing approach. Four people on board the aircraft survive, but 159 people die in the deadliest aviation accident of 1995.

==First flights==

===March===
* March 3 — [[GippsAero GA8 Airvan|Gippsland GA8 Airvan]]<ref name="jawa95p[20]">{{harvnb|Jackson|1995|p=[20]}}</ref>
* March 14 — [[HB Flugtechnik HB-207 Alfa]]<ref name="jawa95p[20]"/>
* March 21 – [[Cirrus SR20]] 
* March 31 – [[Grob Strato 2C]]<ref name="jawa95p[20]"/>
* March 31 — [[Myasishchev M-101T]]<ref name="jawa95p[21]">{{harvnb|Jackson|1995|p=[21]}}</ref>

===May===
* May 31 — [[Schweizer RU-38 Twin Condor]]<ref name="jawa95p[21]"/>
===June===
* June 9 – [[Eurocopter Colibri]]<ref name="jawa95p[20]"/>

===August===
* August 10 – [[IPTN N-250]]<ref name="jawa95p[20]"/>
* August 17 – [[Embraer ERJ 145 family]]
* August 25 – [[Airbus A319]]

===September===
* September 18 – [[SSVOBB|Lambach HL II]]

===October===
* October 7 – [[Learjet 45]]
* October 7 – [[Mitsubishi F-2]]

===November===
* November 2 – [[Fokker 60]]
* November 28 – [[Gulfstream V]]
* November 29 – [[Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet]]

===December===
* December 1 – [[Air Tractor AT-602]]

==Entered service==

===April===
* April 2 - [[McDonnell Douglas MD-90]] with [[Delta Air Lines]]

===June===
* June 7 – [[Boeing 777]] with [[United Airlines]]

==Deadliest crash==
The deadliest crash of this year was [[American Airlines Flight 965]], a [[Boeing 757]] which crashed in mountainous terrain near [[Buga, Valle del Cauca|Buga, Colombia]] on 20 December, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.

==References==
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* {{cite book |editor-last=Jackson |editor-first=Paul |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1995–96 |year=1995 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Coulsdon, UK |isbn=0-7106-1262-1}}

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