according to media reports, 129 helicopters and 24 fixed-wing aircraft were lost in Iraq between the
2003 invasion and February 2009. Of these incidents, 46 have been attributed to hostile fire, such as
anti-aircraft artillery and
surface-to-air missiles. In March 2007, Brig. Gen. Stephen Mundt said that 130 helicopters had been lost in both Iraq and Afghanistan, about a third to hostile fire, and he was concerned that they were not being replaced fast enough.
[1] A report published in
Aircraft Survivability in Summer 2010 gave a total of 375 U.S. helicopters lost in Iraq and Afghanistan up to 2009. Of these, 70 were downed by hostile fire, while the other 305 losses have been classified as non-hostile or non-combat events.
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