United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Shot down

A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper was shot down over Yemen's Dhamar province on 16 September 2024. Video circulating online showed what appeared to be a surface-to-air missile strike and flaming wreckage on the ground, with a propeller visible in the debris, according to the Associated Press. The Houthis claimed the shootdown the same day, and on 18 September the US military acknowledged that the Houthis had shot down two Reapers in under a week, the first on 10 September.