U.S. military plane crashes in Iraq
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The incident took place in friendly airspace during ongoing U.S. military operations against Iran, dubbed Operation Epic Fury.
An aircraft took off around 2 p.m. Sunday from Goose Creek Airport. It only got a few miles downrange before running into trouble.
The lost KC-135 is the fourth manned aircraft that has been destroyed amid Operation Epic Fury. On March 2, three American Boeing F-15E Strike Eagles were shot down by US ally Kuwait, in a friendly fire incident. All six crew members onboard the fighters safely ejected.
A pilot was killed in a small plane crash in Deerfield, Illinois after departing from the Dane County Regional Airport Wednesday night, the Lake County Sheriff’s office said.
Poor piloting caused a 2023 plane crash in Pulaski, Tennessee that killed both the pilot and her father, according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board.