6 US service members aboard refueling aircraft after mid-air collision causes crash in Iraq

6 US service members aboard refueling aircraft after mid-air collision causes crash in Iraq

Six US service members were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq, CENTCOM confirms

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling tanker aircraft takes off from the Kadena Air Base airfield in Kadena town, west of Okinawa, southern Japan, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron conduct a pre-flight brief outside of a KC-135 Stratotanker, before an aerial refueling mission in Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in this undated handout picture released by U.S. Air Force on August 1, 2019. (Chris Drzazgowski/U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS)

A map shows U.S. and Israeli strikes on internal security sites in Marivan City, Iran, as of March 11, 2026. (Fox News)