Air Forces Inventory Updates
Overview
This page references all inventory updates applied to our World Air Forces database. We constantly track changes due to losses, crashes, deliveries and new contracts to air force inventories globally.
Air Forces inventory updates
| Date | Country | Aircraft | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Apr 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -2 C-130E/H | Two C-130E/H transports of 11th Tactical Airlift Squadron destroyed at Mehrabad Airport by overnight Israeli airstrikes targeting three Tehran-area airports. Detail → |
| 6 Apr 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -2 Mi-171 | Two Mi-8/17 transport helicopters destroyed at Mehrabad Airport by Israeli airstrikes; IDF released strike footage confirming destruction. Detail → |
| 4 Apr 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | -2 MC-130J | Two MC-130J deliberately destroyed after becoming stuck during F-15E crew rescue near Isfahan; all personnel extracted safely. Detail → |
| 4 Apr 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | -4 MH-6 Little Bird | Four MH-6 Little Birds of 160th SOAR destroyed at forward landing site during F-15E crew rescue operation near Isfahan. Detail → |
| 3 Apr 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | -1 F-15C/E | Shot down by Iranian air defense over southwest Iran during strike mission; both crew members rescued after two-day CSAR operation. Detail → |
| 3 Apr 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | -1 A-10C | A-10C Warthog crashed near Strait of Hormuz during combat operations; pilot ejected over Persian Gulf and was rescued. Detail → |
| 3 Apr 2026 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 Su-27/30 | Su-30SM crashed during training flight in Crimea due to engine explosion; both crew ejected safely. Detail → |
| 3 Apr 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | -1 CH-47D/F/MH-47G | CH-47F destroyed by Iranian Shahed-136 drone strike at Camp Buehring, Kuwait; no crew casualties reported. Detail → |
| 3 Apr 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | — S-70/HH-60G/U/W/MH-60G | One HH-60W and one UH-60M damaged by Iranian fire during F-15E crew rescue near Isfahan; both returned to base. Detail → |
| 3 Apr 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | +1 KC-46A | New KC-46A delivered to McConnell AFB; 25th Pegasus for the 22nd Air Refueling Wing. Detail → |
| 2 Apr 2026 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 An-72 | An-72P patrol aircraft destroyed at Kirovske airfield by Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces drone strike; four Orion UAVs and P-37 radar also hit. Detail → |
| 31 Mar 2026 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 An-26 | Crashed into cliff in Bakhchisarai mountains during scheduled flight over Crimea; all 29 on board killed. Detail → |
| 31 Mar 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | -1 F-35A | Crashed during routine training at Nevada Test & Training Range; pilot ejected safely with minor injuries. Detail → |
| 31 Mar 2026 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 Su-34 | Crashed during combat sortie; one pilot killed, fate of second unknown. Detail → |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | -1 E-3B/C/G Sentry | E-3G Sentry AWACS (s/n 81-0005) destroyed on ground at Prince Sultan Air Base by Iranian missile and drone strike; rear fuselage burned out, radome structure collapsed. Detail → |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | -1 KC-135R/T | KC-135R Stratotanker destroyed by fire at Prince Sultan Air Base during Iranian missile and drone attack; satellite imagery confirmed airframe loss. Detail → |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | -2 EC-130H | Two EC-130H reportedly damaged at Prince Sultan Air Base during Iranian missile and drone strike; both require extensive repairs. Detail → |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | -1 KC-46A | KC-46A Pegasus destroyed at Prince Sultan AB during Iranian missile/drone strike; confirmed by satellite imagery. Detail → |
| 23 Mar 2026 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | -1 C-130B/H | C-130H crashed shortly after takeoff from Puerto LeguÃzamo carrying 128 personnel; 70 killed. Detail → |
| 23 Mar 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | — S-70/EH/HH/MH/UH-60 | HH-60M tail boom hit by Iraqi militia FPV drone at Camp Victory, Baghdad; damaged but repairable. Detail → |
| 22 Mar 2026 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | -1 NH90 (NFH/TTH) | NH90 crashed into Persian Gulf during joint Qatar-Turkey training after technical malfunction; all 7 aboard killed. Detail → |
| 21 Mar 2026 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 Ka-52 | Ka-52 shot down on the line of contact in Donetsk Oblast; commander killed, weapon systems operator ejected and survived. Detail → |
| 21 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -1 F-7 | F-7 destroyed by US CENTCOM strike at Shahid Sadooghi Airport, Yazd. Detail → |
| 20 Mar 2026 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 Ka-52 | Shot down by Ukrainian FPV drone near Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast; both crew killed. Detail → |
| 19 Mar 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | — F-35A | F-35A hit by suspected Iranian SAM over Iran; pilot suffered shrapnel wounds, emergency landing at US base. First confirmed F-35 combat damage. Detail → |
| 18 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -1 Mi-171 | Mi-17 helicopter destroyed on ground at Sanandaj Airport by Israeli airstrike; IDF released strike footage. Detail → |
| 18 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -1 Bell 214 | Bell 214 destroyed in Israeli airstrike at Sanandaj Airport, Hamadan province; no casualties reported. Detail → |
| 13 Mar 2026 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | -1 GlobalEye | GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft destroyed in hangar at Al-Dhafra Air Base by Iranian drone strike; identified from satellite imagery showing severe hangar damage. Detail → |
| 13 Mar 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | — KC-135R/T | Five KC-135 tankers moderately damaged by Iranian missile strike at Prince Sultan Air Base; all assessed repairable. Detail → |
| 12 Mar 2026 | 🇺🇸 United States | -1 KC-135R/T | KC-135R Stratotanker crashed in western Iraq near Turaibil after mid-air collision with another KC-135 during Operation Epic Fury; 6 crew aboard killed. Detail → |
| 10 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -1 C-130E/H | C-130H Hercules destroyed on ground at Kerman Airport by USAF precision strike during Operation Epic Fury; confirmed by CENTCOM video footage. Detail → |
| 10 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -1 P-3F | P-3F Orion maritime patrol aircraft destroyed on ground at Kerman Airport by USAF precision strike during Operation Epic Fury; confirmed by CENTCOM video footage. Detail → |
| 10 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -1 Il-76 | Il-76MD Candid heavy transport destroyed on ground at Kerman Airport by USAF precision strike during Operation Epic Fury; confirmed by CENTCOM video footage. Detail → |
| 9 Mar 2026 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | -1 Su-27 | Su-27 shot down by Russian Su-35S using R-37M missile over Eastern Ukraine; 39th TAB commander killed. Detail → |
| 9 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -9 F-7 | Nine F-7N Airguard fighters destroyed at Isfahan Shahid Beheshti Airport by Israeli airstrikes; confirmed by satellite imagery. Detail → |
| 7 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -8 F-14 | At least eight F-14s destroyed at Isfahan's 8th TFB in Israeli strikes; satellite imagery later confirmed Tomcat wrecks. Detail → |
| 7 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -3 747 | Three IRIAF Boeing 747 cargo/tanker aircraft destroyed on ground at Mehrabad Airport by overnight Israeli airstrikes; the world's last Boeing 747-100 tanker among those lost. Detail → |
| 7 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -3 Il-76 | Three IRGC Il-76MD Candid heavy transports destroyed on ground at Mehrabad Airport by Israeli airstrikes targeting Quds Force logistics hub; confirmed by satellite imagery. Detail → |
| 7 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -1 Y-12 | Harbin Y-12 light transport destroyed on ground at Mehrabad Airport by Israeli airstrikes targeting IRGC Quds Force assets; identified from aftermath video footage. Detail → |
| 7 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -2 707 | Two Boeing 707 tanker/transport aircraft destroyed on ground at Mehrabad Airport by Israeli airstrikes; identified from satellite imagery. Detail → |
| 7 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -3 An-74 | Three An-74 Coaler transport aircraft destroyed on ground at Mehrabad Airport by Israeli airstrikes; identified from satellite imagery. Detail → |
| 6 Mar 2026 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | -1 Mi-8 | Mi-8 destroyed on ground by Geran-2 kamikaze drone at Mykhailivka helipad; no camouflage or air defense present. Detail → |
| 5 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇳 India | -1 Su-30 | Crashed on hilltop near Karbi Anglong during training sortie from Jorhat; both pilots killed. Detail → |
| 5 Mar 2026 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | -1 Beech 1900 | Crashed immediately after takeoff from Boufarik Air Base; 2 crew killed, 4 injured. Detail → |
| 5 Mar 2026 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 Ka-27 | Ka-27PS destroyed by Ukrainian FPV drone while landing on Syvash drilling platform in the Black Sea; crew survived. Detail → |
| 5 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -1 F-5E | Destroyed on ground at Ahvaz Airport by US airstrike during Operation Epic Fury; no casualties. Detail → |
| 5 Mar 2026 | 🇬🇠Ghana | +1 H175 | First Airbus H175 helicopter delivered from France, received at Air Force Base in Accra with water cannon salute. Detail → |
| 5 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -1 Su-24 | Destroyed on ground at Ahvaz International Airport by US precision strike; CENTCOM released footage. Detail → |
| 5 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -1 Yak-130 | Destroyed on ground at Ahvaz International Airport by USAF precision strike; identified from CENTCOM footage as likely Yak-130. Detail → |
| 5 Mar 2026 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -1 Il-76 | Destroyed by US airstrike at Shahid Dastgheib Airport in Shiraz; confirmed by CENTCOM footage and satellite imagery. Detail → |