United States Navy MQ-4C Triton Damaged

A US Navy MQ-4C Triton was damaged in flight and returned safely to base, according to statistics released by US Navy Safety Command on 28 April 2026 covering the previous day. The airframe was not written off. The incident followed the loss of another Triton in the Persian Gulf on 9 April, leaving the small US high-altitude maritime surveillance fleet under acute pressure at the point when broad-area coverage of the Strait of Hormuz mattered most.