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WNAM MONITORING: All six crew members aboard a US KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq on Thursday were killed, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Friday.
“The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. However, the loss of the aircraft was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire,” CENTCOM said in a statement.
The command said on Thursday that a refueling aircraft was lost over Iraq during its Operation Epic Fury against Iran, which began last month.
Two aircraft were involved in the incident, CENTCOM said, adding one of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed “safely.”
