February • 28 February 2026 - The wreckage of an Israeli
Elbit Hermes 900 drone, serial number
935, was recorded at
Khamaneh city in
East Azerbaijan province.
March •
(2) 1 March 2026 - Two Iranian fighters, a
Northrop F-5 and a
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, were destroyed in an Israeli strike at
Tabriz Shahid Madani International Airport in northeast Iran. • 1 March 2026 - Iranian media published footage of an Israeli
Elbit Hermes 900 drone being intercepted over Iran. • 1 March 2026 - An Israeli
Elbit Hermes 900 was shot down in
Khorramabad,
Lorestan province, Iran. The drone's wreckage was posted on social media. •
(5) 2 March 2026 -
US Central Command released footage of the destruction of two
IRGC-AF Sukhoi Su-22 aircraft at
Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib Airport. Satellite imagery showed two
Lockheed C-130 Hercules and an
Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft also destroyed at the airport. •
(2) 2 March 2026 - On 2 March 2026, according to the Qatari government, two Iranian low-flying
Sukhoi Su-24 tactical bombers were detected in direction of the
Al Udeid Air Base, and were shot down by a
Qatari Air Force Boeing F-15EX Eagle II, After failing to respond to radio warnings. According to a post on social media, footage of the wreckage of one of the attacking Su-24s was released by
Al Jazeera on 10 April. •
(3) 2 March 2026 - Three
United States Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagles were shot down over Kuwait by
friendly fire from Kuwaiti air defences. The six crew members ejected safely into Kuwait. There is speculation that the three F-15Es were shot down by a
Kuwait Air Force McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. One F-15E crashed near
Al Jahra in central Kuwait, while the other two crashed near
Kuwait City. • 2 March 2026 - An Israeli
IAI Heron drone was shot down by a
Qaem 114 air defense missile at Khorramabad in Lorestan province, Iran; the interception was recorded in IR mode. • 3 March 2026 - An Israeli
Elbit Hermes 900 was shot down in
Khomeynishahr,
Isfahan province, Iran. The shootdown and wreckage were recorded on video. • 3 March 2026 - An Israeli
Elbit Hermes 900, serial number
923 and armed with missiles, was shot down by the
IRGC. The drone had minimal damage and was examined by Iranian engineers. • 3 March 2026 - An Israeli
IAI Eitan drone was shot down in
Andimeshk,
Khuzestan province, western Iran. • 3 March 2026 - An Israeli
Elbit Hermes 900 was shot down in
Margoon County,
Fars province, Iran. The drone's wreckage was published on social media. • 3 March 2026 - An
Iran Air Airbus A319 airliner, registration
EP-IEP, was destroyed in an air strike at
Bushehr Airport in southern Iran. • 4 March 2026 - An Iranian
Yakovlev Yak-130 was shot down by an Israeli
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II over
Tehran in air-to-air combat. The fate of the two Iranian pilots is unknown. The IDF published footage of the interception on X. This event was the first Israeli-Iranian
dogfight of the war. It occurred at
Latyan Dam near
Lavasan city,
Tehran province. •
(3) 5 March 2026 - US officials told
CBS News three U.S.
General Atomics MQ-9 Reapers were reported lost over Iran. According to US officials, it was not clear where the airframes crashed, but one MQ-9A Reaper crashed on the coast of Iran. The same day one MQ-9A Reaper was shot down and its wreckage was found near
Khorramabad. • 6 March 2026 - An Israeli
IAI Heron was shot down in
Andika,
Khuzestan province, Iran. •
(2) 6 March 2026 - Two Israeli
IAI Eitan drones were shot down in
Isfahan, Iran. • 6 March 2026 - An Israeli
IAI Heron drone, serial
285, was shot down in
Lorestan province, Iran. • 6 March 2026 - A US
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper was shot down in Isfahan, Iran, by
IRGC Aerospace Forces. The shootdown and wreckage were recorded on video. • 6 March 2026 - An Israeli
Elbit Hermes 900 was shot down in Isfahan, Iran, by
IRGC Aerospace Forces. The shootdown and wreckage were recorded on video. •
(19) 7 March 2026 - Israeli aircraft attacked
Mehrabad International Airport in
Tehran. Satellite imagery showed the destruction of 19 aircraft. Eleven were cargo aircraft, including an IRGC
Harbin Y-12, three
Boeing 747s, three IRGC
Antonov An-74s, and four
Ilyushin Il-76s, one of which belonged to
Pouya Air. Two were
aerial refueling tanker
Boeing 707s. The other six were
airliners, which included a
Qeshm Air Fokker 100, an
Airbus A340 and
Airbus A320 in storage, a
Pars Air Bombardier CRJ200, a
Boeing 737 Classic, and an unidentified wide-body aircraft, likely an
Airbus A300 or
Iran Air Airbus A330. • 7 March 2026 - A US
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper was shot down in
Hormozgan province, southern Iran. • 7 March 2026 - A US
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper was shot down in
Tangestan,
Bushehr province, Iran. • 9 March 2026 - An Emirati helicopter crashed in a combat mission, killing two servicemen, Emirati officials reported. • 9 March 2026 - A US
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper was shot down by pro-Iranian Iraqi militias in
Basra, Iraq. • 9 March 2026 - An Israeli
IAI Heron drone, serial number
21#, was shot down in
Markazi province, Iran. •
(12) 9 March 2026 - Multiple aircraft were destroyed at
Shahid Beheshti International Airport in
Isfahan. Satellite imagery confirmed at least three destroyed
Grumman F-14 Tomcats and nine
Chengdu J-7s. • 10 March 2026 - An Israeli
Elbit Hermes 900 was shot down in
Borujerd, Lorestan. • 11 March 2026 - A USAF
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper was shot down in
Kerman province, Iran. •
(3) 11 March 2026 -
CENTCOM published videos showing the destruction of a
Lockheed C-130 Hercules, a
Lockheed P-3 Orion and an
Ilyushin Il-76, at
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Airport in
Kerman, Iran. •
(2) 12 March 2026 - A
United States Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aerial tanker, serial number
59–1444, crashed following what
CENTCOM stated was a refueling incident over Western Iraq, an apparent mid-air collision with another KC-135, serial number
63–8017. The six crew on board were reported dead.
63-8017 made an emergency landing at
Ben Gurion International Airport in
Tel Aviv, having lost the upper portion of its
vertical stabilizer, while
59-1444 broke apart mid-air and crashed. •
(5) 13 March 2026 - Two
CENTCOM officials reported five USAF
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft were moderately damaged by an Iranian missile strike at
Prince Sultan Air Base in
Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia. • 13 March 2026 - A USAF
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down by Iranian forces in
Bandar Abbas, Iran. Iranian media published footage of the shootdown and wreckage. •
(3) 15 March 2026 - Iranian ballistic and drone attacks leave one
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone from the
Italian Air Force destroyed in the ground at
Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. Two Italian
Eurofighter Typhoons were also damaged by shrapnel and remained non-operational. • 15 March 2026 - An Iranian government
Airbus A340 airliner, registration
EP-IGA, was destroyed in an IDF strike on
Mehrabad International Airport in
Tehran. • 16 March 2026 - An Israeli
Elbit Hermes 450 Zik drone was shot down by Hezbollah fighters using a
MANPADS in south Lebanon. •
(3) 18 March 2026 - Three private planes at
Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv were damaged by debris from intercepted Iranian missiles. • 18 March 2026 - An IRIAF
Bell 214 helicopter was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on
Sanandaj Airport,
Kurdistan province, western Iran. • 19 March 2026 - A US
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II was damaged by likely Iranian ground fire during a combat mission over Iran. The aircraft made an emergency landing at a US airbase in the Middle East, with the pilot reportedly in stable condition but suffering shrapnel wounds.
CENTCOM confirmed the emergency landing and claimed the aircraft landed safely, while an NPR correspondent reported the aircraft made a hard landing and would be out of service for a long period. perhaps by a
infrared search and track system. while Chinese analysts told the
South China Morning Post that the damage was likely caused by an adapted air-to-air missile rather than a larger
S-300-style SAM. •
(3) 19 March 2026 - US officials told Bloomberg a total of 12
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drones were lost in the war, including 9 shot down by Iran, one destroyed in the ground on Jordan by an Iranian missile, and two crashed. • 20 March 2026 - A US
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper was shot down in
Bushehr province, Iran. The remains of the engulfed drone were recorded and published in social media. • 21 March 2026 - The Ministry of Defense of Qatar said a helicopter was lost due to technical reasons and crashed in the sea. Of the crew of seven, six were reported dead and the remaining missing. The crew consisted of four Qatari servicemen, a Turkish soldier and two Turkish civilians working for
Aselsan, a Turkish
defense firm. •
(5) 21 March - At least five aircraft parked at airports sustained damage from Iranian attacks. Two of these - including an
Emirates Airbus A380 and a smaller
Saudia Airbus A321 - were hit while parked at
Dubai International Airport early in the conflict, according to people familiar with the incidents. • 21 March 2026 - An Iranian
Chengdu J-7 fighter was destroyed in an airstrike on
Shahid Sadooghi Airport in
Yazd. • 23 March 2026 - A
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter of the US Army's
4th Combat Aviation Brigade was damaged at
Camp Victory,
Baghdad International Airport. Its tail boom was hit in a drone strike by the
Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iranian backed militia. •
(4) 27 March 2026 - An Iranian missile and drone attack on
Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia left multiple US aircraft destroyed or damaged, including at least one
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, one
Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, one
Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS destroyed and another damaged. At least 29 US servicemen were wounded during a week of attacks. • 28 March 2026 - A
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone is destroyed by Iranian air defenses in Shiraz, southwestern Iran. • 28 March 2026 - An Israeli
IAI Heron was shot down by IRGC Aerospace Forces using an air defence missile, during a combat sortie in the east of Hormuz, Iran. • 30 March 2026 - An
Antonov An-32 transport aircraft of the
Iraqi Air Force was damaged at Baghdad International Airport by an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia, the
Popular Mobilization Forces, using Shaheb-12 missiles. •
(2) 31 March 2026 - Iranian forces shot down two
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drones over Isfahan, using the AD-08 Majid short-range air defense system, which is designed for low-altitude engagements. • 31 March 2026 - A
Caspian Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was damaged by shrapnel during Israeli/U.S. attacks at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport, and an
ATA Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was destroyed.
April • 1 April 2026 - An Israeli
Elbit Hermes 450 Zik drone was shot down by Hezbollah fighters in south Lebanon, Hezbollah and Israeli sources reported. • / 2 April 2026 - An
CAIG Wing Loong II was shot down by Iranian forces over the skies of Shiraz, Iran. The only operators in the region were the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. • 2 April 2026 - A US
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down by Iranian forces over Shiraz Iran. The shot down sequence of the drone and the wreckage was published by Iranian media. • 3 April 2026 - Iranian forces shot down a U.S. Air Force
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle from the
494th Fighter Squadron over western Iran. One ejection seat was found near the crash site.
Axios confirmed the loss of a US fighter jet and reported a
CSAR mission underway. The pilot was successfully rescued by U.S. forces after the crash, and the
weapon systems officer (WSO) was
later rescued on 5 April. •
(2) 3 April 2026 - Two
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters that were involved in the F-15E search and rescue efforts were struck by Iranian fire, injuring some of the crew on board. The helicopters managed to return to base. • 3 April 2026 - A
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft was shot down by Iranian fire. The pilot ejected over the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf and was rescued. The A-10 was mobilized to support the CSAR mission of the crew of the F-15E. •
(3) 3 April 2026 - A
Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter was destroyed on the ground in Kuwait in an Iranian drone attack. Images showed the burned-out frontal section of the helicopter and its forward rotor damaged. Satellite imagery shows a US Army
Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter and a
Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter destroyed at Camp Buehring and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. • / 3 April 2026 - The remains of a shot down
CAIG Wing Loong II drone were found by fishermen in the Persian Gulf. The only operators in the region are the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. •
(6) 5 April 2026 -
The New York Times reported that two
Lockheed MC-130 transport aircraft stationed at a makeshift U.S. remote base in Iran were blown up by US forces when three replacement planes arrived, to prevent them falling into Iranian hands. This occurred during the
rescue mission for the F-15E
WSO stranded in Iran on 3 April 2026. Four
MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird helicopters were also destroyed, with their wreckage recorded at the makeshift base. • 5 April 2026 - A US
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down by Iranian forces over
Qeshm Island, Iran. The shoot down sequence of the drone and the wreckage was published by Iranian media. •
(2) 6 April 2026 - Israeli aircraft destroyed two IRIAF
Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft at
Tehran Mehrabad International Airport. • 6 April 2026 - A US
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down by the Iranian Navy on
Qeshm Island, Iran. The shoot down sequence of the drone and the wreckage was published by Iranian media. •
(5) 1-9 April 2026 - The U.S. Department of Defense has lost eight
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drones in the Middle East since 1 April, bringing the total number of such devices lost in the war to 24. • 9 April 2026 - A US
Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton crashed after loss of communication and falling from 52,000 ft to 9,500ft in 15 minutes, signaling its crash somewhere in the Persian Gulf. The value of the drone was $238 million. • 24 April 2026 - Hezbollah forces shot down an IDF
Elbit Hermes 450 Zik drone over Tyre using a anti-aircraft missile. Israeli officials acknowleged the loss. • 27 April 2026 - U.S. Navy Safety Command (NAVSAFECOM) in statistics released April 28 says an
Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton was damaged while in flight. The airframe returned to base. • 30 April 2026 - Hezbollah says it shot down an IDF
Elbit Hermes 450 Zik drone over Nabatieh, south Lebanon, and the IDF confirmed one of its unmanned aerial vehicles was downed by a Hezbollah surface-to-air missile. == Total aircraft losses ==