Arabic version: تقرير للبنتاغون يفصل خسائر الولايات المتحدة في الصراع مع إيران

According to Al Jazeera, a Department of Defense inspector general report has provided the first official account of US losses during the war from February 28 to June 30, saying Iranian attacks damaged or destroyed dozens of aircraft and hundreds of US-used buildings and structures.

The report said at least 11 US military personnel were killed in action and seven died in non-hostile events during the war. It also recorded at least 417 US military personnel wounded in Iranian attacks through June 30. The account said at least six personnel died when a KC-135 aerial-refuelling tanker crashed in Iraq on March 12, while another was killed after an MH-60S helicopter crashed in the Arabian Sea on July 1.

Aircraft losses included at least four F-15E fighter jets, one damaged F-35A, one A-10, at least seven KC-135 tankers and one damaged E-3 Sentry aircraft. The report also covered a damaged HH-60W helicopter, a crashed MQ-4C Triton, four AH-6 helicopters destroyed after being deemed unrecoverable, one downed AH-64 Apache and one crashed MH-60S. As many as 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones were destroyed.

US Central Command said Iranian attacks damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings and structures at installations in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan. The watchdog also said US diplomatic facilities in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE suffered damage estimated at $184m. Construction project delays linked to ordered departures and travel restrictions were estimated to cost $24.5m per month.

The report further said the United States was running short of munitions and facing supply-chain “bottlenecks”. It described challenges in establishing naval bases and support ports, including uncertainties over host-nation permissions for fleet resupply. CENTCOM said shifting logistics support and infrastructure to Diego Garcia involved extended sea transit requiring 14- to 18-day logistics cycles.