In the past 24 hours, the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist group claims to have downed 2 U.S. Air Force MQ-9 “Reaper” Surveillance and Attack Drones over Western Yemen. So far at least one of these shoot-downs has been confirmed by U.S. defense officials, though if both are true this would be the 6th MQ-9 downed since March and the 21st downed by the Houthis since October 7, 2023.