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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. MAR 92026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Basra by Iranian-backed Iraqi militias.
  2. MAR 72026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Hormozgan province in southern Iran.
  3. MAR 72026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down over Tangestan in Bushehr province.
  4. MAR 62026 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Shot down by IRGC Aerospace Force air defences over Isfahan; shootdown and wreckage filmed.
  5. 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.
  6. MAR 52025 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · US Central Command confirmed loss of contact with an MQ-9 over the Red Sea after Houthi shootdown claim.
  7. APR 172024 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Third MQ-9 lost over Yemen in the span of a year, per US Air Force confirmation.
  8. FEB 192024 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · Second confirmed MQ-9 loss to Houthi forces during the Red Sea campaign.
  9. NOV 82023 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · USAF MQ-9 Reaper shot down by Houthi air defenses over Yemeni territorial waters — first US aircraft loss of the Red Sea crisis.
  10. JUN 62019 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · USAF MQ-9 shot down by a modified SA-6 over Yemen. The Pentagon attributed Iranian assistance to the engagement.
  11. OCT 12017 MQ-9 Reaper Shot down 🇺🇸 United States · USAF MQ-9 Reaper shot down by a Houthi SA-6 surface-to-air missile near Sana'a. First confirmed Reaper loss to Houthi air defenses.