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Trump Will Pay His Respects in Delaware to 6 US Service Members Killed in the Middle East
The crash killed all six crew members, including an OSU MBA graduate, during a non-hostile incident in friendly airspace, raising the U.S. death toll in Operation Epic Fury to 13.
- On Tuesday, Oklahoma State University confirmed Major John "Alex" Klinner was among six crewmembers killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq last week.
- The KC-135 was supporting operations against Iran over western Iraq when U.S. Central Command said the crash followed an unspecified incident involving two aircraft in "friendly airspace," not due to hostile or friendly fire.
- Three crewmembers were assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, while the other three served with the 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio.
- President Donald Trump will attend a dignified transfer on Wednesday at a Delaware military base as the crash raised Operation Epic Fury's death toll to at least 13 service members, with about 200 injured including 10 severely.
- Klinner had earned his MBA from OSU's Spears School of Business in December as an online student, leaving behind his wife Libby and young children; faculty recalled his devotion to family, including a son and twin infants seven months old.
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Trump will pay his respects in Delaware to 6 US service members killed in the Middle East
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
·Winnipeg, Canada
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OSU professor remembers former student killed in KC-135 crash in Middle East
Major John "Alex" Klinner, an Oklahoma State University graduate, was among six U.S. military personnel killed in a refueling plane crash in Iraq, leaving behind a legacy of leadership and family devotion.
·Oklahoma City, United States
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