US EditionTrump honors fallen service members who died in Iraq plane crash amid Iran conflict
President Trump attended a solemn ceremony honoring six Airmen killed in a KC-135 crash during Operation Epic Fury, part of 13 U.S. deaths since the Iran conflict began.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump traveled to Dover Air Force Base to honor six U.S. service members killed when their KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in Iraq during Operation Epic Fury.
- The refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq at about 2 p.m. ET on March 12; U.S. Central Command confirmed the incident occurred in friendly airspace while a second aircraft landed safely.
- Trump was joined by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine to honor Maj. John Alex Klinner, Ariana Savino, Ashley Pruitt, Seth Koval, Curtis Angst, and Tyler Simmons.
- This event marks the administration's second dignified transfer since the February 28 launch of the campaign against Iran, following six soldiers from the 103rd Sustainment Command killed by an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.
- KC-135 aircraft remain essential to military readiness, having recently supported NORAD F-16 Fighting Falcon refueling missions over Alaska, as officials stated the incident underscores risks inherent in the ongoing campaign to weaken Iran's military capabilities.
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AlKhaleej TodayTrump attends return of six US troops killed in Iraq crash amid Iran war
DOVER, March 19 — US President Donald Trump attended the return of six crew members killed when their refueling aircraft crashed during the Iran war yesterday. It was the second time since the start of the conflict that Trump has traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where the remains of US troops are returned to American soil.The KC-135 plane crashed in western Iraq last week, bringing the number of US troops killed in the joint US-Isra…
In the presence of US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the bodies of six soldiers killed in the crash of a US army tanker in Iraq were transferred to the United States on Wednesday. Trump, who wore a black coat, saluted when the flag-covered coffins were unloaded from a military aircraft at the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware State and carried past it, as shown in photos published by the White House. The event wa…
Donald Trump witnessed on Wednesday the return of the bodies of the six crew members of an American refuelling aircraft, who died in the crash of their aircraft on Thursday in western Iraq.
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