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| Date: | Monday 20 May 2024 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Al Bayda Governorate -
 Yemen
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 20 May 2024, a United States Air Force MQ-9A Reaper drone was shot down by Houthi rebels while flying over Al Bayda Governorate.
Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemens-houthis-say-they-downed-us-drone-over-al-bayda-province-2024-05-21/
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/us-loses-5th-mq-9-reaper-drone-since-oct-2023/
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yemeni-army-downs-second-us-mq-9-reaper-drone-in-one-week
Media:
Yemen’s Houthis shot down another (the fifth) American MQ-9 Reaper UAV in Yemeni airspace.
— Clash Report (@clashreport) May 21, 2024
The unit cost of the MQ-9 Reaper UAV appears to be in the range of $14 million to $32 million per aircraft, with the most commonly cited figure being around $31 million per unit. pic.twitter.com/GzHoUzyun3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-May-2024 09:01 | gerard57 | Added |
| 22-May-2024 07:39 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Sep-2024 10:15 | Drone Insider | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
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