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Bayraktar Akıncı shot down over Yemen (first confirmed combat loss)

S4 · 07/26
2026 · Baykar

Record

CompanyBaykar
Categorydefense space
Typecrash
Date07/26
2026
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
SeverityS4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding)
Scale-
Confidencelow
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceDefence Security Asia

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A Saudi-operated Bayraktar Akıncı was shot down by Houthi forces over Yemen, reported as the first confirmed combat loss of the aircraft type.

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