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Feef 05-19-2026 08:32 AM
Birds lost since the war in Iran
 
Today, new numbers came out..... 25 of the 42 are drones.
The Congressional Research Service just listed the 42 US aircraft lost or damaged so far during the war with Iran.
4 x F-15E Strike Eagles destroyed
1 x F-35A damaged by Iranian ground fire
1 x A-10 destroyed
7 x KC-135 Stratotankers (2 destroyed, 5 damaged)
1 x E-3 Sentry AWACS damaged
2 x MC-130J destroyed
1 x HH-60W helicopter damaged by small arms fire
24 x MQ-9 Reapers destroyed
1 x MQ-4C Triton destroyed

navigatro 05-20-2026 03:58 PM
pretty certain that AWACS was destroyed.

rickair7777 05-20-2026 05:50 PM
Originally Posted by navigatro (Post 4037625)
pretty certain that AWACS was destroyed.
It'll buff out.

Beech Dude 05-21-2026 12:24 AM
Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 4037652)
It'll buff out.
Either way; we got a good ROI out of it.

rickair7777 05-21-2026 03:24 AM
Originally Posted by Beech Dude (Post 4037691)
Either way; we got a good ROI out of it.
Yeah I guess that's true for anything based on a 707.

Excargodog 05-21-2026 07:49 AM
Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 4037706)
Yeah I guess that's true for anything based on a 707.
or the Buffs. They’ve been flying since 1952. That’s about two-thirds the time since the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.


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