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| Date: | Sunday 4 August 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: | Saada Governorate -
 Yemen
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 4 August 2024, a United States Air Force MQ-9A Reaper drone was downed over Saada Governorate in the North of Yemen, likely shot down by Houthi rebels in Houthi controlled Saada Governorate. The drone was equipped in a combat configuration, carrying AGM-114 Hellfire missiles as well as GBU-38 JDAM guidance kit equipped BLU-111/MK 82 bombs as a combat payload.
Sources:
https://x.com/imp_navigator/status/1820131315221430280
https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/1820140164355961181
https://x.com/IranDefense/status/1820134958729679235
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemens-houthis-down-us-drone-over-saada-sources-tell-reuters-2024-08-04/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/lebanese-report-american-mq-9-reaper-drone-shot-down-over-yemen/
Media:
? Footage of the wreckage of the American MQ-9 Reaper shot down over Saada shared by Yemeni Military media.
— MenchOsint (@MenchOsint) August 4, 2024
It was carrying AGM-114 Hellfire missiles & GBU-38 JDAM using 500-pound BLU-111/MK 82 warhead as the payload. pic.twitter.com/dJeDbgBAQL
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2024 16:04 | Master Chief | Added |
| 04-Aug-2024 16:39 | Anon. | Updated [Damage, ] |
| 04-Aug-2024 18:16 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-Aug-2024 09:48 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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