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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1994:

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 6 - 160 people die in mainland China's (PRC) worst air disaster ever as China Northwest Airlines flight 2303 crashes south of Xian.

• 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

October

• October 1 - United Airlines created a new airline named United Shuttle.

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

• December - Tupolev Tu-204