{"id":1529303,"date":"2026-06-04T14:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/mq-1-predator-iran-shot-down-qeshm-island-retaliation\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:31:13","slug":"mq-1-predator-iran-shot-down-qeshm-island-retaliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/mq-1-predator-iran-shot-down-qeshm-island-retaliation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Predator Is Back \u2014 Iran Shot It Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n\nThe MQ-1 Predator was retired by the US Air Force in 2018. Eight years later, Iran just shot one down over the Persian Gulf.\n\nCENTCOM confirmed on 31 May that an American &#8220;MQ-1&#8221; drone was engaged and destroyed by Iranian air defences while operating over international waters. The US retaliated within hours, striking radar installations and drone command facilities at Goruk and on Qeshm Island. Fighter aircraft followed up by destroying Iranian air defences, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones.\n\nThe interesting question is not why Iran shot it down. The interesting question is why the MQ-1 is flying at all.\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:18px 22px;margin:20px 0 28px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;color:#333;font-size:17px\">Quick Facts<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>Drone:<\/strong> MQ-1 (Predator or possibly MQ-1C Gray Eagle)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>Incident:<\/strong> Shot down over Persian Gulf, 31 May 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>Iran&#8217;s claim:<\/strong> Drone entered Iranian airspace<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>US claim:<\/strong> Operating over international waters<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>US retaliation:<\/strong> Strikes on Goruk and Qeshm Island<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>MQ-9 fleet status:<\/strong> Down from 231 to 135 aircraft since FY2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Back from the Boneyard?<\/h2>\n\nThe USAF officially retired the MQ-1B Predator in March 2018, replacing it with the larger, faster, more capable MQ-9 Reaper. As of September 2024, fifteen MQ-1Bs were still sitting in the Arizona boneyard at AMARG. CENTCOM declined to clarify whether the downed aircraft was an actual MQ-1B Predator pulled from storage or an MQ-1C Gray Eagle \u2014 the Army&#8217;s variant, which remains in active service and is deployed in the Middle East.\n\nThe distinction matters. If the USAF is pulling mothballed Predators back into service, it suggests the MQ-9 fleet is under severe strain. And it is: Lt. Gen. David Tabor reported that the Air Force&#8217;s MQ-9 inventory has dwindled from 231 aircraft at the start of FY2025 to just 135 \u2014 a loss of nearly 100 Reapers in 18 months of operations against Iran. At roughly $30 million per MQ-9, the attrition is unsustainable.\n\nA mothballed MQ-1B, by contrast, costs almost nothing to reactivate. If the airframes are structurally sound, the logic writes itself.\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;The measured and deliberate strikes occurred in response to aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>US Central Command<\/strong> &mdash; Statement, 31 May 2026<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Retaliation<\/h2>\n\nThe US response was swift and kinetic. Strikes hit Iranian radar sites and drone command facilities, followed by fighter attacks on air defence systems on Qeshm Island \u2014 a strategic choke point overlooking the Strait of Hormuz. Two Iranian one-way attack drones assessed as threats to shipping were also destroyed.\n\nThe exchange reflects the fragility of the April ceasefire. Both sides are still shooting. The only question is how long the pauses between the shooting last.\n\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rZRhI8uyprs\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<em>Sources: The War Zone, Washington Times, Gulf Business, CENTCOM<\/em>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Related Posts<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/battered-but-biting-inside-irans-air-defence-network\/\">Battered but Biting: Inside Iran&#8217;s Air Defence Network<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MQ-1 Predator was retired by the US Air Force in 2018. 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