United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Shot down

Yemen's Houthis said on 30 September 2024 that they had shot down another US MQ-9 Reaper, hours after video circulated online showing a purported surface-to-air missile striking an aircraft over Saada province. A single image also appeared to show wreckage with parts resembling an MQ-9, according to the Associated Press. The US military did not immediately acknowledge losing an aircraft. It had acknowledged two Reaper losses to the Houthis earlier in September, and the group had claimed further Reaper kills during the campaign against shipping in the Red Sea.