Forty-two US aircraft have been lost or damaged in the Iran war, including three fighter jets worth $300 million wiped out by friendly fire, according to a congressional report.
A total of 32 aircraft have been destroyed, including 24 MQ-9 Reaper drones valued at roughly $30 million per unit, since the war started on February 28, according to the report filed by the Congressional Research Service.
The toll includes four F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets, three of them downed by Kuwaiti air defenses in a friendly fire blunder on March 1. A fourth was shot out of the sky by Iranian forces on April
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