Pentagon identifies 6 Air Force airmen killed in KC-135 refueling aircraft crash in Iraq
Three of the six airmen killed were from Ohio's 121st Air Refueling Wing; the crash was not caused by hostile or friendly fire, and the investigation is ongoing.
- The Department of Defense identified six Air Force personnel who died in a KC-135 crash in Western Iraq earlier this week.
- CENTCOM confirmed that the crash involved a U.S. KC-135 and occurred in friendly airspace without hostile fire.
- So far, 13 U.S. service members have died during Operation Epic Fury.
- The crash happened amid the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran and broader regional conflicts.
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‘Radiant’ mother from Kentucky among 6 US service members who died in air crash in Iraq
A woman raising two children was among the six U.S. service members killed last week when a refueling plane involved in the war with Iran crashed in western Iraq.
'Radiant' mother from Kentucky among 6 US service members who died in air crash in Iraq
The U.S. military is identifying the six service members who died last week when a KC-135 refueling plane crashed in western Iraq.
Pilot, a father of 3, among those killed when refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq
A pilot from Alabama had just been promoted to major in January and had been deployed less than a week when the refueling aircraft he was aboard crashed in Iraq this week, killing him and five others, his brother-in-law said Saturday.
Six service members who died in US military aircraft crash identified
The Department of Defense on Saturday identified the six crew members who died when a U.S. military aircraft crashed in Iraq last week. Three of them were assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing at the MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. Their names are: Maj. John A. Klinner, 33, of Auburn, Ala.; Capt. Ariana G. Savino, 31, of Covington, Wash.; and Tech. Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, of Bardstown, Kentucky. The other three, Capt. Seth R. Koval, 38, o…
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