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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.<\/p>\n

The report published on Monday 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.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the report acknowledges that the US is running short on its munition stockpile and facing \u201cbottlenecks\u201d in supply chains, contradicting President Donald Trump\u2019s repeated pushback. On Monday, Trump said the US is producing \u201cmore Exquisite and Elite Weapons than at any time in our History\u201d. Previously, he asserted that the US has \u201cvirtually unlimited\u201d ammunition after reports of shortages by the US media.<\/p>\n

Throughout the war \u2013 beginning with the US-Israel attacks on Iran in late February \u2013 Tehran has routinely bombed US bases and assets in the Gulf region. For most of those attacks, Gulf countries and Washington said the incoming strikes had been intercepted and thwarted.<\/p>\n

But the Pentagon\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

So, what losses has the US incurred in its war on Iran?<\/p>\n

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Vehicles drive past a billboard depicting a Persian legendary hero and flying figure hitting US aircraft carriers alongside a message in English: \u2018From the Persian Gulf a new power rises\u2019, and in Farsi, \u2018The army of Satan will be drowned in the Persian Gulf\u2019, at Islamic Revolution Square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, September 14, 2026 [Vahid Salemi\/AP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How many US personnel were killed?<\/h2>\n

The Pentagon\u2019s report says the Defense Department has reported that at least 11 US military personnel were \u201ckilled in action\u201d, while seven died in \u201cnon-hostile events\u201d during the war.<\/p>\n

At least six were killed at Kuwait\u2019s Port Shuaiba on March 1; one in Saudi Arabia on the same day; three at Jordan\u2019s Muwaffaq al-Salti airbase, or the Al Azraq base, on July 17; and one at Iraq\u2019s Erbil airbase on July 19, in Iranian attacks.<\/p>\n

The report added that at least six personnel were killed after a premier jet-powered aerial refuelling tanker KC-135 crashed in Iraq on March 12, while another was killed after an MH-60S helicopter crashed in the Arabian Sea on July 1.<\/p>\n

These killings were already public.<\/p>\n

The report added that at least 417 US military personnel were wounded in Iranian attacks until June 30.<\/p>\n

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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military personnel stand guard next to an Iranian Kheibar Shekan Ballistic missile in downtown Tehran during a rally commemorating International Quds Day, also known as Jerusalem Day, on April 29, 2022 [Morteza Nikoubazl\/NurPhoto via Getty Images]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How many aircraft did the US lose?<\/h2>\n

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.<\/p>\n