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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Washington, March 13 (Xinhua) — All six crew members of the U.S. KC-135 tanker aircraft that crashed in western Iraq on Thursday have been confirmed dead, U.S. Central Command announced on Friday.
As the command reported on the X social network, contact with the aircraft was lost on March 12 while flying over friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury.
The command noted that the circumstances of the incident are being investigated, adding that “the loss of the aircraft was not the result of enemy fire or friendly fire.”
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group for pro-Iranian Iraqi militias, said on Friday that its fighters attacked two American KC-135 tanker aircraft over western Iraq.
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