🇮🇷⚔️🇺🇸 Here’s what is known so far about U.S. Air Force losses during Operation Epic Fury:
Total losses are estimated to exceed $2 billion, with replacement costs potentially even higher.
— Four F-15E Strike Eagles have been lost, one over Iran and three downed by friendly fire over Kuwait.
— An A-10 Warthog was shot down while providing close air support (CAS) for combat search and rescue (CSAR) operations.
— An F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft was damaged by an Iranian surface-to-air missile (SAM).
— An E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft was completely destroyed at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
— Two KC-135R aerial refueling aircraft have crashed, including one destroyed at Prince Sultan Air Base.
— Six additional tankers were damaged, one in an incident over Iraq and five at Prince Sultan Air Base.
— 17 MQ-9 Reaper drones have crashed or been shot down by Iranian forces since February 28.
— One HH-60M helicopter was damaged in an FPV drone attack on Camp Victory in Iraq.
— Two HH-60W helicopters were damaged during CSAR operation in Iran.
*This graph was made before news broke of a US Army Boeing CH-47 "Chinook" heavy-lift helicopter being destroyed inside Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
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