Air Force magazine's Michael Sirak today posts an interesting tally of USAF airframe losses since Sept 11, 2001. The count includes seven aircraft shot down or lost in direct combat and another 58 lost in "contingency" operations.
The manned contingency loss breakdown is: one A-10A, two B-1Bs, one B-2A, one C-5B, one C-130H, one F-15E, four F-16s, two HH-60Gs, two MC-130Hs, one MC-130P, six MH-53s, and one U-2.
The unmanned losses are: 39 MQ/RQ-1 Predators, one MQ-9A Reaper, and two RQ-4A Global Hawks.
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