🇺🇸 US Aircraft Losses Comparison 🇺🇸
🇮🇷 Iran War 2026 (as of April 7, ~6 weeks) 🇮🇷
🔴 Fighters: F-15E (4) ✈️, F-35 (1 damaged) 🛩️, A-10 (1) 🛩️
🟠 AWACS: E-3 Sentry (1 destroyed + damage) 📡
🟡 Tankers: KC-135 (multiple, incl. crashes) ⛽
🟢 Helicopters: UH-60 Black Hawk (3+) 🚁
🔵 Drones: MQ-9 Reaper (12–17) 🤖
Est. cost: $2.8–5+ billion 💰 (expensive per-unit)
🇮🇶 Iraq War 2003–2011 (8 years) 🇮🇶
🟢 Helicopters: ~129–138 lost (UH-60, AH-64 Apache, OH-58 heaviest; ~46 hostile) 🚁
🔴 Fixed-wing: ~24 lost (mostly accidents; ~3 hostile) ✈️
🔵 Drones: Low numbers 🤖
Est. cost: Lower per unit, spread over years 💰
🇦🇫 Afghanistan War 2001–2021 (20 years) 🇦🇫
🟢 Helicopters: ~75–120+ lost (CH-47 Chinook, UH-60 heaviest; ~15–27 hostile) 🚁
🔴 Fixed-wing: ~21–38 lost (mostly accidents; very few hostile) ✈️
🔵 Drones: Hundreds of UAV mishaps 🤖
Est. cost: Lower per unit, spread over decades 💰
Note: Iran = short, expensive modern attrition ✈️
Iraq/Afghanistan = long, low-tech volume losses 🛡️
Source: open sources, media & historical records.