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| Date: | Monday 31 March 2025 |
| 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: | Marib Governorate -
 Yemen
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
A USAF MQ-9A Reaper drone was shot down by Houthi forces while flying over Marib Governorate.
Houthi media claimed to show video of the shootdown as well as debris from the crash site.
Sources:
https://x.com/imp_navigator/status/1907124666122092987
https://x.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/1907872088800542974
https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-mq9-shot-down-israel-hamas-war-us-airstrikes-6bd7764ba19e84d2dddac0d3c762459a
https://www.timesofisrael.com/yemens-houthis-claim-they-downed-another-american-drone-as-us-strikes-pound-country/
Media:
Yemeni Ansar Allah (Houthis) shot down another US MQ-9 Reaper UCAV on 31.03.2025 over Marib province. This is 16th downed MQ-9 claimed by Houthis from autumn 2023 and at least 12th from them are verified by videos. pic.twitter.com/T1cWRB4xVx
— Yuri Lyamin (@imp_navigator) April 1, 2025
NEW: Houthis shoot down 3rd MQ9 Reaper drone since March 3rd; 2nd since March 15th airstrike campaign began.
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) April 3, 2025
Another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down by the Houthis in Yemen, sources tell Fox News. This is the third MQ-9 Reaper drone shot down by the Houthis in the last…
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2025 06:15 | Anon. | Added |
| 02-Apr-2025 07:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Phase, Embed code, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 04-Apr-2025 06:23 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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