The US KC-135 re-fueling plane that crashed in western Iraq was carrying a total of 6 military personnel, including the pilot and co-pilot. Four of them have been killed, while the condition of the remaining two is critical.
The United States Defense Forces Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed this information in a message posted on social media today.
A KC-135 refueling aircraft was destroyed in western Iraq yesterday. In a message posted by Centcom on X on Friday midnight Bangladesh time, one of the two planes crashed in Iraqi airspace, the other plane landed safely. The destroyed aircraft is a KC-135 model refueling aircraft.
The message also said that the cause of the plane crash is being investigated. However, this did not happen due to enemy attacks.
However, some time after this message from CENTCOM, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups, claimed responsibility for the downing of the plane on the social media Telegram.
The Islamic Resistance claimed in a Telegram post that coalition fighters shot down the aircraft using an air defense system. But Washington has completely rejected this claim.
Re-fueling aircraft are used to refuel aircraft while in flight. The US Air Force has been using re-fueling aircraft regularly since the 1950s and these aircraft are very important to the US defense forces.
The plane that crashed in Iraq was made by the US company Boeing. The model re-fueling aircraft used by the US Air Force in the 1950s and 1960s,The crashed plane is also of the same model.
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