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KC-135 Crashes In Iraq While Supporting Iran Ops

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 supporting Epic Fury against Iran crashed in Iraq after a refueling incident involving two aircraft March 12.

CENTCOM reporting other aircraft landed safely.

Edited Thursday at 10:53 PM2 days by Ant-man

Six ANG crewmembers on the other jet that went down.

AMARC is pulling a donor vertical now.

Very bad on the good bad scale.

Them Them 🍻

#TankerLivesMatter

RIP friends.

WSJ is unclear about the last 2 crew members, reporting 4 killed, holding out hope for the last two.

Good job by the other crew getting that bird back on the ground.

All six remembers are deceased and have been recovered.

Damn. Condolences to the family and friends. May the fallen rest in peace.

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/six-airmen-confirmed-dead-kc-135-crash-iran/

Edited Friday at 04:28 PM1 day by Swizzle

Just last week I told some friends that my godson was being sent to the region but since he was flying -135s there wasn’t too much risk. He wasn’t involved, but this tragic accident starkly reminded me that flying airplanes always involves risk. Them…Them.

Prayers for their families and their squadron mates.

2 hours ago, bfargin said:

Just last week I told some friends that my godson was being sent to the region but since he was flying -135s there wasn’t too much risk. He wasn’t involved, but this tragic accident starkly reminded me that flying airplanes always involves risk. Them…Them.

Prayers for their families and their squadron mates.

There wasn’t too much risk?

Edited yesterday at 04:43 AM1 day by Sua Sponte

Crewmembers identified

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/03/15/pentagon-identifies-six-airmen-killed-in-kc-135-crash-in-iraq/


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Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Sua Sponte