List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War

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.Since the beginning of the invasion helicopters were the target of attacks with "aerial improvised explosive devices" or home-made bombs.[4] In early 2007, the U.S. Army announced that the Iraqi insurgent groups had developed a strategy for attacking American helicopters.[8] Efforts to reduce losses included more training for helicopter pilots and improvements in tactics and aircraft defenses.
The UH-60 Black Hawk that crashed on 21 September 2004
U.S. Army AH-64 Apache that crashed in central Iraq in November 2003.
A C-23B Sherpa, similar to the one that crashed on 26 November 2008.
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