Pentagon Report Reveals Extensive US Losses and Drone Destruction from Iranian Attacks

A Pentagon watchdog has revealed that the United States lost dozens of aircraft, including at least 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones, and that hundreds of buildings and structures used by the US were damaged or destroyed by Iranian attacks during the conflict.

The report published by the Department of Defense inspector general offers the first official account of the losses Washington has incurred in the war from February 28 to June 30. Moreover, the report acknowledges that the US is running short on its munition stockpile and facing "bottlenecks" in supply chains, contradicting President Donald Trump’s repeated pushback.

Throughout the war – beginning with the US-Israel attacks on Iran in late February – Tehran has routinely bombed US bases and assets in the Gulf region. The Pentagon’s report paints a picture of significant damage and losses running into millions of dollars to US forces and facilities in the region, far more than previously acknowledged.

According to the report, at least 11 US military personnel were killed in action, while seven died in non-hostile events during the war. Additionally, at least 417 US military personnel were wounded in Iranian attacks until June 30.

The US losses covered everything from front-line fighters and attack aircraft to aerial-refuelling tankers, airborne command-and-control planes, rescue helicopters, and unmanned surveillance aircraft, including F-15E, F-35A, A-10, KC-135, E-3 Sentry, HH-60W helicopter, MQ-4C Triton, AH-6 helicopter, AH-64 Apache, MH-60S, and MQ-9 Reaper aircraft.

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

Furthermore, US diplomatic facilities in four countries—Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE—suffered damage from Iranian attacks, with an estimated total cost of $184m.