Dozens of aircraft, hundreds of buildings: US loss to Iran attacks revealed

A Pentagon watchdog has revealed that the United States mislaid dozens of aircraft, including astatine slightest 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones, and that hundreds of buildings and structures utilized by the US were damaged oregon destroyed by Iranian attacks during the conflict.

The study published connected Monday by the Department of Defense inspector wide offers the archetypal authoritative relationship of the losses Washington has incurred successful the warfare from February 28 to June 30.

Moreover, the study acknowledges that the US is moving abbreviated connected its munition stockpile and facing “bottlenecks” successful proviso chains, contradicting President Donald Trump’s repeated pushback. On Monday, Trump said the US is producing “more Exquisite and Elite Weapons than astatine immoderate clip successful our History”. Previously, helium asserted that the US has “virtually unlimited” ammunition aft reports of shortages by the US media.

Throughout the warfare – opening with the US-Israel attacks connected Iran successful precocious February – Tehran has routinely bombed US bases and assets successful the Gulf region. For astir of those attacks, Gulf countries and Washington said the incoming strikes had been intercepted and thwarted.

But the Pentagon’s study paints a representation of important harm and losses moving into millions of dollars to US forces and facilities successful the region, acold much than antecedently acknowledged.

So, what losses has the US incurred successful its warfare connected Iran?

Vehicles thrust past a billboard depicting a Persian legendary leader and flying fig hitting US craft carriers alongside a connection successful English: ‘From the Persian Gulf a caller powerfulness rises’, and successful Farsi, ‘The service of Satan volition beryllium drowned successful the Persian Gulf’, astatine Islamic Revolution Square successful downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, September 14, 2026 [Vahid Salemi/AP]

How galore US unit were killed?

The Pentagon’s study says the Defense Department has reported that astatine slightest 11 US subject unit were “killed successful action”, portion 7 died successful “non-hostile events” during the war.

At slightest six were killed astatine Kuwait’s Port Shuaiba connected March 1; 1 successful Saudi Arabia connected the aforesaid day; 3 astatine Jordan’s Muwaffaq al-Salti airbase, oregon the Al Azraq base, connected July 17; and 1 astatine Iraq’s Erbil airbase connected July 19, successful Iranian attacks.

The study added that astatine slightest six unit were killed aft a premier jet-powered aerial refuelling tanker KC-135 crashed successful Iraq connected March 12, portion different was killed aft an MH-60S chopper crashed successful the Arabian Sea connected July 1.

These killings were already public.

The study added that astatine slightest 417 US subject unit were wounded successful Iranian attacks until June 30.

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) subject unit basal defender adjacent to an Iranian Kheibar Shekan Ballistic rocket successful downtown Tehran during a rally commemorating International Quds Day, besides known arsenic Jerusalem Day, connected April 29, 2022 [Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images]

How galore craft did the US lose?

The US losses covered everything from front-line fighters and onslaught craft to aerial-refuelling tankers, airborne command-and-control planes, rescue helicopters, and unmanned surveillance aircraft.

• F-15E: At slightest 4 of these two-seat $30m combatant jets were destroyed. Three of these twin-engine fighter-bombers utilized for air-to-ground strikes arsenic good arsenic air-to-air combat were changeable down by affable occurrence implicit Kuwait connected March 1. A 4th was changeable down during combat implicit Iran successful April. All aircrews were recovered.
• F-35A: At slightest 1 of the US’s prized stealth multirole fighters, designed to penetrate heavy defended airspace, was damaged successful Iranian occurrence successful March.
• A-10: At slightest 1 of the heavy armoured ground-attack aircraft, designed chiefly to supply adjacent aerial enactment to troops connected the ground, was changeable down by Iranian fire.
• KC-135: At slightest 7 of these ample aerial-refuelling tankers, which widen the scope and endurance of US combat aircraft, were damaged oregon destroyed. One crashed successful Iraq connected March 12 during a refuelling mission, sidesplitting each six unit members; 5 others were damaged connected the crushed by Iranian missiles and drones successful Saudi Arabia. A seventh craft was besides progressive successful the Iraq incidental and is included successful the broader nonaccomplishment count.
• E-3 Sentry: At slightest 1 of these airborne early-warning and power craft was damaged connected the crushed astatine Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan airbase successful a consequent Iranian strike.
• HH-60W helicopter: At slightest 1 of these four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift inferior subject helicopters was damaged by Iranian occurrence during a combat hunt and rescue mission.
• MQ-4C Triton: At slightest 1 of these $240m high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned surveillance aircraft, designed chiefly for maritime quality and surveillance, crashed successful April.
• AH-6 helicopter: The US forces destroyed 4 of these small, highly manoeuvrable helicopters aft they were deemed unrecoverable during a combat hunt and rescue cognition successful Iran.
• AH-64 Apache: At slightest 1 of these twin-engine, four-bladed onslaught helicopters, built with a tandem cockpit for a unit of two, was changeable down adjacent the Strait of Hormuz connected June 8.
• MH-60S: At slightest 1 of these US Navy multi-role helicopters crashed successful the Arabian Sea connected July 1. Three of the 4 unit were wounded and rescued, portion the 4th was listed arsenic missing.
• MQ-9 Reaper: As galore arsenic 30 of these long-endurance equipped unmanned craft utilized for surveillance, quality gathering, and precision strikes were destroyed.

The Iranian subject has claimed to person inflicted further harm connected US assets, shooting down surveillance and onslaught drones adjacent the Strait of Hormuz respective times. Tehran besides captured a US submersible Dive-LD earlier this month.

What losses did US subject bases endure successful the region?

The study further underlined the assertion by the US Central Command (CENTCOM) that Iranian attacks damaged and destroyed hundreds of buildings and structures astatine US subject installations successful Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, and Jordan during the conflict.

It did not supply immoderate further item oregon specifics connected these damages.

From erstwhile reporting, we cognize that respective US facilities were temporarily unopen down oregon moved owed to Iranian attacks.

The study noted that the “establishment of capable naval bases and enactment ports posed important challenges earlier and during” the US subject run against Iran, “arising from complexities and owed to uncertainties with big federation entree permissions to utilize ports for fleet resupply”.

“An contented with shifting logistics enactment and infrastructure to Diego Garcia has been distance, with extended oversea transit requiring 14- to 18-day logistics cycles,” the study quoted CENTCOM arsenic saying.

A occurrence burns extracurricular the grounds of the US Embassy office successful Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone connected March 17, 2026, pursuing a drone and rocket attack, according to information officials [AFP]

How Iranian attacks damaged US diplomatic facilities successful the Gulf

The watchdog’s study noted that the US diplomatic facilities successful 4 countries: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, suffered harm from Iranian attacks, with an estimated full outgo of $184m.

In addition, Washington incurred an estimated outgo of $24.5m per period successful operation task delays owed to ordered departures and question restrictions successful Baghdad, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Cairo, Amman, Kuwait City, and Muscat.

Iraq

The study quoted the US Department of State arsenic saying the Iraq ngo faced much than 600 attacks until the extremity of June, costing up to astir $157m.

The US Consulate General successful Erbil’s caller consulate compound suffered harm to aggregate buildings. The US Embassy successful Baghdad suffered harm “but to a lesser extent”, the study said, adding that the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, located adjacent Baghdad International Airport, suffered extended damage.

Kuwait

On March 5, the US Embassy successful Kuwait City suspended operations owed to “regional tensions”, attacks, and harm to embassy facilities, the study said, costing astir $14.75m.

Saudi Arabia

On March 3, 2 Iranian drones struck the US Embassy successful Riyadh, causing worldly damage, costing astir $11.5m.

UAE

The US Consulate General successful Dubai sustained harm to a inferior building, the US State Department reported, costing astir $120,000.