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US lost roughly 25% of MQ-9 Reaper drone fleet during Iran war
S4 · 13 Aug 2026 · General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
Record
| Company | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems |
| Industry | Defense / space |
| Type(s) | mission-loss |
| Date | 13 Aug 2026 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | 25% of US Reaper fleet (~45 aircraft) lost |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
Washington Post, Jerusalem Post, and Responsible Statecraft reported the US lost approximately 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones (~25% of stockpile, ~$1.3B) during the Iran conflict, with some losses attributed to Iran's IRGC shooting them down.
Primary source
The Washington Post / Jerusalem Post
Publisher: The Washington Post / Jerusalem Post · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Aug 2026 | US lost roughly 25% of MQ-9 Reaper drone fleet during Iran war | The Washington Post / Jerusalem Post | The Washington Post / Je |
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