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Old 05-19-2026 | 08:32 AM
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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
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Old 05-20-2026 | 03:58 PM
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pretty certain that AWACS was destroyed.
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Old 05-20-2026 | 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by navigatro
pretty certain that AWACS was destroyed.
It'll buff out.
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
It'll buff out.
Either way; we got a good ROI out of it.
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Originally Posted by Beech Dude
Either way; we got a good ROI out of it.
Yeah I guess that's true for anything based on a 707.
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
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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