Six airmen have been killed after an incident in the skies over Western Iraq which led to the loss of an in-flight refuelling tanker, the U.S. military has confirmed.
The death toll of an in-flight “incident” while on a combat mission has increased from four airmen to six, the complete compliment of the lost Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker that went down yesterday evening over Iraq. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) launched a rescue mission which ran overnight but has now confirmed there were no survivors from the lost refuelling aircraft.
CENTCOM said they are withholding the identities of the deceased crewmen until their families have been…
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