F-35s, F-15s, Reapers: US loses 81 aircraft as Iran war bill hits $3.3 billion

US military has lost or damaged at least 81 aircraft since the war with Iran began, with the value of the losses estimated at as much as $3.3 billion, according to a Congressional Research Service report cited by the New York Post.The losses include some of the US Air Force’s most advanced aircraft, including an F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter and 12 F-15E Strike Eagle jets that have either been destroyed or damaged. The F-15E losses include three aircraft that were shot down in a friendly-fire incident over Kuwait on March 2. Another F-15E was reportedly shot down over Iran the following month.The F-15E, which costs more than $30 million each, was among the aircraft affected as the conflict placed US forces and their bases across the region under sustained threat.