Overview
- The Defense Department identified the six airmen who died in the March 12 KC-135 crash in western Iraq during Operation Epic Fury.
- The fallen were assigned to MacDill Air Force Base’s 6th Air Refueling Wing and the Ohio Air National Guard’s 121st Air Refueling Wing.
- Gen. Dan Caine said the tanker went down over friendly territory during a combat mission and not as a result of hostile or friendly fire.
- The Pentagon has opened a formal probe into the incident to determine the cause.
- Kentucky communities honored Tech. Sgt. Ashley Pruitt, and a GoFundMe for her family surpassed $50,000.