For context:
In just over 7 months of war with Iran, the U.S. has already lost or damaged 81 military aircraft—fighters, tankers, helicopters and drones.
It took multiple years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan to reach comparable aircraft losses.
Whatever else you think about this war, the rate at which we're losing American airpower is extraordinary.
At least 81 US military aircraft are known to have been destroyed, lost or otherwise damaged / knocked out of service during the war with Iran, according to a new Congressional Research Service report: