United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Shot down

An MQ-9 Reaper was shot down over Qeshm Island on 5 April 2026, with Iranian media publishing both the engagement footage and the wreckage. Qeshm sits at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz and hosts IRGC Navy facilities central to Iran's campaign against commercial shipping, making it a standing surveillance priority for US forces and, in turn, a repeated source of Reaper losses through the spring.