U.S. Suffers F-15 Losses As Iran Fighting Widens

Robert Wall Tony Osborne Steve Trimble Brian Everstine March 02, 2026

Bombs on U.S. carrier — Credit: U.S. Navy

The U.S. suffered multiple combat aircraft losses to friendly fire as the fight against Iran stretched into a third day. The Kuwaiti military reported the crashes of several U.S. military aircraft with the crew recovered. Images on social media showed Boeing F-15s crashing. Soon after, U.S. Central...

Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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