Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-29684190-20191109160654/@comment-36817091-20191116064454

Adam probably killed those soldiers at the tower (normally RWBY logic would say they're alive, but not where Adam's concerned), a number of planes are downed by the Grimm, and the line "one more airship goes missing" suggests that Cordo anticipates at least one dead pilot (since a downed plane isn't "missing" if the pilot reports back).