U.S. Identifies the Service Members Killed in a Plane Crash over Iraq

The U.S. Department of Defense on Saturday identified the six U.S. airmen who were killed in a plane crash over Iraq.

The airmen were on a KC-135 aerial refueling tanker supporting U.S. attacks on Iran. The crash involved another aircraft but it ⁠was not the result of hostile or friendly fire and is under investigation, the military said.

Three airmen were assigned to the 6^th Air Refueling Wing, stationed at MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa, Florida; meanwhile, the other three airmen were in the 121^st Air Refueling ⁠Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio.

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