A U.S. Department of Defense report released to Congress on Monday estimates the cost of the conflict with Iran at $33.4 billion as of June 29. The Lead Inspector General report also documented damage to hundreds of buildings and dozens of U.S. aircraft in the Middle East from strikes attributed to Iran.
The report provides a financial overview of the conflict, which includes $184 million in physical damage to U.S. diplomatic facilities in four countries: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The total $33.4 billion figure represents the estimated cost of U.S. operations related to the conflict through the end of June.
According to information from U.S. Central Command cited in the report, Iranian strikes have damaged or destroyed “hundreds of buildings and structures” at U.S. military installations.
The document also detailed specific losses to U.S. military aircraft. It noted the first recorded instance of an F-35A fighter jet sustaining battle damage. As of the report’s June 29 cutoff, four F-15E fighter jets and one A-10 ground attack aircraft were listed as destroyed.
Additional air asset losses included seven KC-135 refueling aircraft that were either damaged or destroyed. The report also cataloged the loss of seven helicopters and more than 30 unmanned aerial vehicles.
The document addressed the conflict’s effect on military stockpiles. It stated that the use of munitions “resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply.”
The original source article noted that prior to the report’s release, U.S. President Donald Trump posted on social media that the U.S. “is producing more Exquisite and Elite Weapons than at any time in our History.”
The Lead Inspector General report was submitted to Congress to provide an official accounting of the conflict’s financial and material impact on U.S. assets and operations.
