The incident took place in friendly airspace during ongoing U.S. military operations against Iran, dubbed Operation Epic Fury ...

High-ranking sources said the crash of a KC-135 refueling tanker in the Middle East does not involve the 134th ARW, which is ...

A U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft has gone down in the Middle East.

An aging US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft crashed in western Iraq during Operation Epic Fury. CENTCOM reported that ...

The KC-135 was reportedly lost after an incident involving another aircraft in friendly airspace; the second aircraft landed safely. Here’s the statement released by CENTCOM: U.S. Central Command is ...

U.S. Central Command announced Wednesday evening that it lost a military refueling aircraft over Iraq amid the war in Iran. Two aircraft were involved in the incident, according to CENTCOM. One of the ...

An Iraqi group has claimed responsibility for downing the plane while the military insisted in a statement that the crash was ‘not due to hostile or friendly fire’.

U.S. Central Command says two aircraft were involved in the incident and that a search and rescue effort is currently underway.

A US military refueling plane crashed in Iraq on March 12, 2026. Rescue operations are ongoing. The Islamic Resistance in ...

The lost KC-135 is the fourth manned aircraft that has been destroyed amid Operation Epic Fury. On March 2, three American ...

A dramatic set of conflicting claims has emerged after a U.S. aerial refuelling aircraft crashed over western Iraq, with ...

A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in western Iraq during Operation Epic Fury, with rescue operations underway. The refueling aircraft, built by Boeing, costs about $39.6 million and has serve ...