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| Date: | Wednesday 9 April 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: | Al Jawf Governorate -
 Yemen
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 9 April 2025, a United States Air Force MQ-9A Reaper drone was shot down by Houthi rebels while flying over Al Jawf Governorate.
Footage of the downed aircraft was published by Houthi media.
Sources:
https://x.com/imp_navigator/status/1909981231376122184
https://x.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/1910071915173003419
Media:
Another US MQ-9 Reaper was shot down by Houthis. In this case over Al-Jawf province. pic.twitter.com/6w3pYP8dVo
— Yuri Lyamin (@imp_navigator) April 9, 2025
NEW: Another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down by the Houthis in Yemen, sources tell Fox News. This is the fourth MQ-9 Reaper drone shot down by the Houthis since March 3rd, and the fourth shot down under the Trump administration. It is the third U.S. MQ-9 drone shot down over…
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) April 9, 2025
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Apr-2025 06:26 | Nebo | Added |
| 10-Apr-2025 11:23 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Embed code, ] |
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