Air Force Events ·IAI Heron

IAI Heron Losses, Crashes & Deliveries

Every recorded loss, crash, shoot-down, retirement and delivery involving the IAI Heron, each with a date and source. See the IAI Heron overview.

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Events per year 2022–2026

2026 is a partial year: the bars run to 20 Sep 2026.

By event type 6 events logged · 6 losses

Shot down 6

These totals count what GlobalMilitary.net has logged from public reports since 2022, not a complete register: an event we have not recorded is not an event that did not happen. Coverage of the tracked wars is much denser than coverage of peacetime events, so the two do not compare directly.

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IAI Heron losses, crashes & deliveries

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JUN 142026 Heron Shot down 🇮🇱 Israel · Shot down by Hezbollah over the Beqaa Valley in northeastern Lebanon.
MAR 282026 Heron Shot down 🇮🇱 Israel · Shot down by IRGC Aerospace Force air defences east of Hormuz during a combat sortie.
MAR 92026 Heron Shot down 🇮🇱 Israel · Shot down over Markazi province in central Iran.
MAR 62026 Heron Shot down 🇮🇱 Israel · Shot down at Andika in Khuzestan province.
MAR 62026 Heron Shot down 🇮🇱 Israel · Heron serial 285 shot down over Lorestan province.
MAR 22026 Heron Shot down 🇮🇱 Israel · Shot down over Khorramabad, reportedly by a Qaem-118 air defence missile; interception recorded in infrared.