The United States has begun redeploying aerial refueling aircraft to its bases in the Middle East amid escalating tensions ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A KC-135 refueling aircraft "went down" in Iraq, the US military announced Thursday evening. A second unidentified aircraft was ...

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WASHINGTON — All six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed while supporting operations against Iran are dead, the U.S. military said Friday. U.S. Central Command, which oversees the ...

Six U.S. service members were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq Thursday afternoon after a mid-air incident with a second aircraft, officials confirmed. A U.S. KC-135 ...

The Pentagon identified the six service members killed when a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday. Three of the Air Force airmen were assigned to the 6th Air Refueling ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The US military said on Friday that all six crew members were killed after their KC-135 refueling ...