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MQ-9 Reaper Losses, Crashes & Deliveries

Every recorded loss, crash, shoot-down, retirement and delivery involving the MQ-9 Reaper, each with a date and source. See the MQ-9 Reaper overview.

MQ-9 Reaper losses, crashes & deliveries

  1. AUG 32026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down by the IRGC Aerospace Force over the Strait of Hormuz while monitoring shipping on the Omani side of the strait.
  2. JUL 262026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Babylon Governorate in central Iraq.
  3. 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.
  4. JUL 182026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down by the IRGC Aerospace Force over Asaluyeh on the Persian Gulf coast.
  5. 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.
  6. JUL 162026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down by the IRGC Aerospace Force between Andimeshk and Dehloran near the Iraqi border.
  7. JUL 72026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down by the IRGC Aerospace Force over Khvormuj, Bushehr province.
  8. JUN 92026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down at night over Jam in Bushehr province.
  9. JUN 72026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down at night over Karbala in central Iraq.
  10. 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.
  11. MAY 292026 MQ-9 Reaper Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Damaged on the ground at Ali Al Salem AB in the same Iranian ballistic missile attack.
  12. MAY 252026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down off Iran's southeastern coast; wreckage recovered by boat the following day.
  13. MAY 62026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down at night over Qeshm Island; Iranian media showed wreckage of the external tanks.
  14. APR 92026 5× MQ-9 Reaper Other 🇺🇸 United States · Five further Reapers lost between 1 and 9 April beyond the individually documented losses; war total reached 24.
  15. APR 62026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Qeshm Island by the Iranian Navy, the second Reaper lost there in two days.
  16. APR 52026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Qeshm Island; Iranian media published the engagement sequence and wreckage.
  17. APR 22026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Shiraz; Iranian media published the engagement sequence and the wreckage.
  18. MAR 312026 2× MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Two Reapers shot down over Isfahan by AD-08 Majid short-range air defence systems.
  19. MAR 282026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Destroyed by Iranian air defences over Shiraz in southwestern Iran.
  20. MAR 202026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Bushehr province; burning wreckage filmed and published on social media.
  21. MAR 192026 MQ-9 Reaper Destroyed 🇺🇸 United States · Destroyed on the ground in Jordan by an Iranian missile strike.
  22. MAR 192026 2× MQ-9 Reaper Crash 🇺🇸 United States · Two Reapers written off in non-combat accidents, disclosed in a cumulative loss tally.
  23. MAR 152026 MQ-9 Reaper Destroyed 🇮🇹 Italy · Destroyed on the ground at Ali Al Salem AB by Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack.
  24. MAR 132026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Bandar Abbas; Iranian media published footage of the shootdown and wreckage.
  25. MAR 112026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Kerman province in central Iran.