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United States Air Force Losses, Crashes & Deliveries

Recorded aircraft losses, crashes, shoot-downs and deliveries for the United States air force, each with a date and source. See the United States air force overview.

United States air force losses, crashes & deliveries

  1. JUL 312026 F-35B/C Crash 🇺🇸 United States · Crashed short of the runway on approach to MCAS Miramar, San Diego; pilot ejected and survived with minor injuries.
  2. JUL 282026 MV-22 Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Final MV-22B handed over at Amarillo, Texas; aircraft joins VMM-162, closing a 359-aircraft Marine Corps buy.
  3. JUL 272026 UH-72A Lakota Crash 🇺🇸 United States · Crashed in a field near Opp, Alabama during a Fort Rucker training sortie; instructor pilot and two students hospitalised in stable condition.
  4. JUL 262026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Babylon Governorate in central Iraq.
  5. JUL 232026 26× C-2 Retired 🇺🇸 United States · C-2A Greyhound retired from service as VRC-40, the last COD squadron, was disestablished at Naval Station Norfolk.
  6. JUL 222026 3× E-2C/D Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Navy awarded Northrop Grumman up to 1.2 billion dollars for three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Block II aircraft.
  7. JUL 192026 MV-22 Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · MV-22B right nacelle caught fire during startup at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Arizona; crew evacuated safely, no injuries.
  8. JUL 182026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down by the IRGC Aerospace Force over Dehloran, the second Reaper lost in the area in three days.
  9. JUL 182026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down by the IRGC Aerospace Force over Asaluyeh on the Persian Gulf coast.
  10. JUL 172026 S-70/HH-60G/U/W/MH-60G Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Helicopters damaged in Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack on Muwaffaq Salti AB, Azraq; two US service members killed, one missing.
  11. JUL 172026 F-15C/E Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · F-15E damaged in the Iranian missile attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Azraq.
  12. JUL 172026 MQ-9 Reaper Destroyed 🇺🇸 United States · Destroyed on the ground at Muwaffaq Salti AB in the Iranian missile and drone attack; two US service members killed.
  13. JUL 162026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down by the IRGC Aerospace Force between Andimeshk and Dehloran near the Iraqi border.
  14. JUL 72026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down by the IRGC Aerospace Force over Khvormuj, Bushehr province.
  15. JUL 12026 MH-60S Seahawk Crash 🇺🇸 United States · MH-60S Seahawk ditched in the Arabian Sea during operations from USS George H.W. Bush; three of four crew recovered, the squadron commander was killed.
  16. JUN 152026 B-52H Crash 🇺🇸 United States · A USAF B-52H Stratofortress (60-0061) crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards AFB, California; all eight crew aboard are believed killed in what officials called a "not survivable" mishap.
  17. JUN 132026 F/A-18A/C/D Crash 🇺🇸 United States · F/A-18D Legacy Hornet of VMFA-323 crashed on a low-level training route in the Cascades, ~55 miles southeast of Seattle; pilot ejected safely.
  18. JUN 92026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down at night over Jam in Bushehr province.
  19. JUN 82026 AH-64D/E Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Apache patrolling near the Strait of Hormuz downed by Iranian fire; both crew rescued by a Navy drone boat within two hours.
  20. JUN 72026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down at night over Karbala in central Iraq.
  21. JUN 32026 77× AV-8B/+ Retired 🇺🇸 United States · VMA-223 flew the final Harrier sortie at MCAS Cherry Point; AV-8B officially retired after four decades of USMC service, replaced by the F-35B.
  22. JUN 32026 10× TAV-8B Retired 🇺🇸 United States · TAV-8B two-seat trainers retired alongside the single-seat fleet as USMC Harrier operations ended at MCAS Cherry Point.
  23. MAY 302026 MQ-1 Predator Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down by Iranian forces over international waters, CENTCOM reported.
  24. MAY 292026 MQ-9 Reaper Destroyed 🇺🇸 United States · Destroyed on the ground at Ali Al Salem AB by an Iranian ballistic missile attack; five US personnel wounded.
  25. MAY 292026 MQ-9 Reaper Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Damaged on the ground at Ali Al Salem AB in the same Iranian ballistic missile attack.