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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. MAR 272026 KC-135R/T Destroyed 🇺🇸 United States · KC-135R Stratotanker destroyed by fire at Prince Sultan Air Base during Iranian missile and drone attack; satellite imagery confirmed airframe loss.
  2. MAR 272026 EC-130H Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Two EC-130H Compass Call aircraft damaged at Prince Sultan Air Base during the Iranian missile and drone strike.
  3. MAR 272026 KC-46A Destroyed 🇺🇸 United States · KC-46A Pegasus destroyed at Prince Sultan AB during Iranian missile/drone strike; confirmed by satellite imagery.
  4. MAR 272026 E-3B/C/G Sentry Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Second E-3 Sentry damaged in the Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base.
  5. MAR 232026 S-70/EH/HH/MH/UH-60 Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · UH-60 Black Hawk struck by FPV drone from Iranian-backed militia at Camp Victory, Baghdad; drone hit the rotor area, no crew casualties.
  6. MAR 202026 S-70/EH/HH/MH/UH-60 Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · US Army receives first optionally piloted UH-60MX Black Hawk for autonomy evaluation at Fort Eustis.
  7. MAR 202026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Bushehr province; burning wreckage filmed and published on social media.
  8. MAR 192026 F-35A Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Damaged by Iranian ground fire over Iran and recovered to an undisclosed Middle East base; first combat damage to a fifth-generation fighter.
  9. MAR 192026 MQ-9 Reaper Destroyed 🇺🇸 United States · Destroyed on the ground in Jordan by an Iranian missile strike.
  10. MAR 192026 2× MQ-9 Reaper Crash 🇺🇸 United States · Two Reapers written off in non-combat accidents, disclosed in a cumulative loss tally.
  11. MAR 132026 KC-135R/T Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Five KC-135R/T Stratotankers damaged by Iranian ballistic missile strike on Prince Sultan Air Base flight line; none destroyed, all expected to return to service.
  12. MAR 132026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Bandar Abbas; Iranian media published footage of the shootdown and wreckage.
  13. MAR 122026 KC-135R/T Crash 🇺🇸 United States · KC-135R Stratotanker crashed in western Iraq near Turaibil after mid-air collision with another KC-135 during Operation Epic Fury; 6 crew aboard killed.
  14. MAR 122026 KC-135R/T Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Second KC-135 in the western Iraq mid-air collision lost part of its vertical stabilizer; landed safely at Ben Gurion.
  15. MAR 112026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Kerman province in central Iran.
  16. MAR 92026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Basra by Iranian-backed Iraqi militias.
  17. MAR 72026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Hormozgan province in southern Iran.
  18. MAR 72026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Tangestan in Bushehr province.
  19. MAR 62026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down by IRGC Aerospace Force air defences over Isfahan; shootdown and wreckage filmed.
  20. MAR 52026 3× MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Three MQ-9 Reapers lost over Iran in a single day; wreckage of one recovered near Khorramabad.
  21. MAR 22026 F-15C/E Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over Kuwait by a Kuwaiti F/A-18 Hornet in friendly fire incident during Operation Epic Fury; crew ejected safely.
  22. MAR 22026 F-15C/E Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Second F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over Kuwait by a Kuwaiti F/A-18 Hornet in friendly fire incident during Operation Epic Fury; crew ejected safely.
  23. MAR 22026 F-15C/E Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Third F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over Kuwait by a Kuwaiti F/A-18 Hornet in friendly fire incident during Operation Epic Fury; crew ejected safely.
  24. FEB 242026 Dornier 328 (C-146) Crash 🇺🇸 United States · C-146A struck concrete barrier during takeoff from highway in Laoac, Philippines; 5 crew injured, aircraft likely written off.
  25. JAN 152026 T-7A Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Second T-7A Red Hawk delivered to JBSA-Randolph for the 99th Flying Training Squadron.