{"id":17295,"date":"2026-03-15T03:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T03:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/u-s-identifies-6-service-members-killed-in-refueling-aircraft-crash-in-iraq\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T03:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T03:37:53","slug":"u-s-identifies-6-service-members-killed-in-refueling-aircraft-crash-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/u-s-identifies-6-service-members-killed-in-refueling-aircraft-crash-in-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. identifies 6 service members killed in refueling aircraft crash in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-with-figure\">\n<figure class=\"article_featured_image right\" data-fancybox data-src=\"#modal-post-featured-image\"><span class=\"zoom_icon\"><\/span><figcaption>At least six U.S. service members died after an American KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed Thursday in Iraq. CBS News&rsquo; Eleanor Watson has the latest confirmed information.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"modal-post-featured-image\" class=\"reveal-modal\" style=\"display:none;\" data-reveal aria-labelledby=\"modalTitle\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\">\n<figure class=\"article_featured_image modal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cbsn-fusion-death-toll-grows-after-refueling-aircraft-crash-in-iraq-thumbnail-780x520.jpg\"><figcaption>At least six U.S. service members died after an American KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed Thursday in Iraq. CBS News&rsquo; Eleanor Watson has the latest confirmed information.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-video\"><video width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" poster=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cbsn-fusion-death-toll-grows-after-refueling-aircraft-crash-in-iraq-thumbnail.jpg\" controls><source src=\"https:\/\/prod.vodvideo.cbsnews.com\/cbsnews\/vr\/mp4\/2026\/03\/13\/4439466\/CBSN_fusion_25587_1_death-toll-grows-after-refueling-aircraft-crash-in-iraq_video_764.mp4\"><\/source><\/video><\/div>\n<p><b><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.1.0\/72x72\/25b6.png\" alt=\"&#9654;\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> Watch Video: Death toll grows after refueling aircraft crash in Iraq<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Six U.S. service members&nbsp;who were killed in a military refueling aircraft crash over Iraq last week have been identified as members of the Ohio Air National Guard and Florida-based crew members.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Defense on Saturday identified them as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Capt. Seth R. Koval, 38, of Mooresville, Indiana<\/li>\n<li>Capt. Curtis J. Angst, 30, of Wilmington, Ohio<\/li>\n<li>Tech. Sgt. Tyler H. Simmons, 28, of Columbus, Ohio<\/li>\n<li>Maj. John A. Klinner, 33, of Auburn, Alabama<\/li>\n<li>Capt. Ariana G. Savino, 31, of Covington, Washington<\/li>\n<li>Tech. Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, of Bardstown, Kentucky<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Koval, Angst and Simmons were assigned to the 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Klinner, Savino and Pruitt were assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons&rsquo; mother, Cheryl Simmons, recalled to&nbsp;CBS affiliate WBNS&nbsp;Friday the moment uniformed officers arrived at their home to deliver the news.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>&ldquo;When he opened the door he said, &lsquo;Oh no,&rsquo; and I jumped up and ran in there and they were lined up out on the porch,&rdquo; she told the station. &ldquo;&lsquo;You got to be kidding me.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The six serviced members died on March 12 when an aerial refueling aircraft taking part in operations against Iran&nbsp;crashed in western Iraq. The KC-135 aircraft went down near Turaibil, which is along the Iraqi-Jordanian border, an Iraqi intelligence source told CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised them as American heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the crew was on a combat mission but flying over friendly territory when the crash happened. The incident is under investigation, the Department of Defense said.<\/p>\n<p>Source<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>U.S. identifies 6 service members killed in refueling aircraft crash in Iraq<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least six U.S. service members died after an American KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed Thursday in Iraq. CBS News&rsquo; Eleanor Watson has the latest confirmed information. At least six U.S. service members died after an American KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed Thursday in Iraq. CBS News&rsquo; Eleanor Watson has the latest confirmed information. Watch Video: Death&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/u-s-identifies-6-service-members-killed-in-refueling-aircraft-crash-in-iraq\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;U.S. identifies 6 service members killed in refueling aircraft crash in Iraq&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}