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All six crew members aboard a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker were killed when the aircraft crashed in western Iraq on March 12, 2026, during an Operation Epic Fury sortie supporting the ongoing war with Iran. The crash — the first loss of an Air Force tanker in 13 years — brings the total U.S. military death toll in the two-week-old conflict to 13, while raising urgent questions about the strain on America's aging aerial refueling fleet and the sustainability of the high-tempo air campaign.