Iran-backed forces claimed responsibility while the US said the plane was not brought down by enemy or friendly fire.

The crash was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire, the military said in a statement, which described the plane as “a loss.”

The United States military has confirmed that all six crew members aboard a KC-135 aerial refuelling plane that crashed in western Iraq on Thursday died

WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  A U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq, U.S. Central Command said Thursday. “Two aircraft were involved in the incident. One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed safely,” the command said on X. “The incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury, …

An American KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq, as confirmed by the US military on Thursday. While a second plane involved in the mission landed safely as the crisis in the...

March 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. military confirmed Friday that six crew members of a refueling jet on combat operations in the Iran war were killed when it went down over western Iraq in an incident with another U.S. military aircraft.

US Central Command said the refuelling aircraft was lost in friendly airspace, and that the loss was not caused by hostile fire or friendly fire

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Florida: The United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) on Friday confirmed the deaths of four crew members after a US refuelling aircraft crashed in

PREMIUM TIMES reports that this latest incident occurs about a week after three US fighter jets were downed in Kuwait.

PREMIUM TIMES reports that this latest incident occurred about a week after three US fighter jets were downed in Kuwait.