Seven months into the war, the costs to U.S. forces are surfacing—through no fault of the Pentagon. An updated Congressional Research Service report, revised Oct. 5, counts at least 81 U.S. aircraft lost or damaged since Feb. 28, nearly double its May tally of 42, reported Anadolu. The losses include 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones, 12 F-15Es, seven KC-135 tankers, and an E-3 Sentry. CRS warns that losses of “high-demand platforms that are aging and limited in number” could “create capability gaps or increase risk in other theaters.”

Meanwhile, CBS News has obtained video and witness accounts of Iranian attacks on Camp Buehring in Kuwait at the start of the war. While most of the base’s roughly 7,000 troops had been moved out beforehand, more than 100 soldiers remained when the attacks occurred. “We had to abandon the base,” one source said. The troops stayed at improvised desert outposts until May, when they moved to Camp Arifjan in another part of Kuwait.