{"id":70053,"date":"2026-03-13T11:44:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/4-crew-members-killed-in-crash-of-american-kc-135-refueling-aircraft-in-iraq-u-s-military-confirms\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:44:59","slug":"4-crew-members-killed-in-crash-of-american-kc-135-refueling-aircraft-in-iraq-u-s-military-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/4-crew-members-killed-in-crash-of-american-kc-135-refueling-aircraft-in-iraq-u-s-military-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"4 crew members killed in crash of American KC-135 refueling aircraft in Iraq, U.S. military confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The U.S. military&#8217;s Central Command confirmed early Friday that at least four <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-us-israel-gulf-allies-strait-of-hormuz-attacks-oil-prices-stocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. service members were killed<\/a><\/span> the previous day when an aerial refueling aircraft taking part in operations against Iran <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/u-s-military-plane-crashes-in-iraq-as-status-of-crew-is-unknown-officials-said\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">crashed in western Iraq<\/a><\/span>. CENTCOM said rescue efforts were still underway for two other crew members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At approximately 2 pm ET on March 12, a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq. Four of six crew members on board the aircraft have been confirmed deceased as rescue efforts continue.  The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. However, the loss of the aircraft was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire,&#8221; CENTCOM said in its statement, shared on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It said the identities of the service members killed in the crash would be withheld until 24 hours after their families were notified. The crash brings the total number of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-service-members-killed-iran-war-what-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. service members killed<\/a><\/span> since the U.S. and Israel launched the war with Iran on Feb. 28 to 11, including six forces killed in an Iranian strike on Kuwait and one killed in Saudi Arabia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials have told CBS News they believe the incident may have involved a mid-air collision, but they were still investigating.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials told CBS News on Thursday that a second U.S. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker was damaged but landed safely Thursday, but there were no further details available on that aircraft by Friday morning. According to flight tracking service FlightRadar24, a KC-135 tanker declared an emergency before landing in Tel Aviv Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/12\/09d6a147-cb0e-4749-b47f-fbee999bc5a5\/thumbnail\/620x413g6\/0293a5e8a6da38ae53f76bbde74fa743\/gettyimages-2263881983.jpg#\" alt=\"USAF KC-135R Tanker Aircraft Flying \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/12\/09d6a147-cb0e-4749-b47f-fbee999bc5a5\/thumbnail\/620x413g6\/0293a5e8a6da38ae53f76bbde74fa743\/gettyimages-2263881983.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/12\/09d6a147-cb0e-4749-b47f-fbee999bc5a5\/thumbnail\/1240x826g6\/141afea749adf5ba42f62066dcdfcdc4\/gettyimages-2263881983.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">File: A U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft flies over Venlo, Netherlands, on March 2, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Nicolas Economou\/NurPhoto\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first plane went down near Turaibil, which is along the Iraqi-Jordanian border, an Iraqi intelligence source told CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>Central Command said in a previous\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.centcom.mil\/MEDIA\/PRESS-RELEASES\/Press-Release-View\/Article\/4432850\/loss-of-us-kc-135-over-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday that both aircraft were involved in the same  incident, which was not caused by hostile or friendly fire.<\/p>\n<p>It was the fourth publicly acknowledged U.S. aircraft crash connected to Operation Epic Fury. Last Monday, the U.S. military confirmed that  three F-15E Strike Eagles were shot down in a friendly-fire incident  involving Kuwait, but all six crew members safely ejected. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each  branch of service has its own terminology for launching recovery  missions of a downed aircraft but generally they&#8217;re called Tactical  Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, or TRAP, missions. These types of  missions rapidly deploy after an aircraft crash and can be dangerous, as  U.S. forces race to secure the crash site before enemy forces can. 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