More than 80 U.S. warplanes have been destroyed or damaged in the course of Donald Trump’s war on Iran at a cost of more than $3 billion, according to a new congressional report.
The Middle Eastern conflict is now in its eighth month and has cost the Pentagon tens of billions of dollars and the lives of at least 18 U.S. service members. According to the Congressional Research Service, U.S. forces have also lost 81 military fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft, including multimillion-dollar drones.
According to their figures, 12 F-15E Strike Eagles have either taken hits or been lost completely, while a state-of-the-art fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter has also been damaged.
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