Rescue effort under way as US military refueling plane crashes in Iraq
Source: US news | The Guardian · Bias: Center Left
Summary
US Central Command officials say ‘incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA US military refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident US Central Command said involved another aircraft but was not the result of hostile or friendly fire.The United States has surged a large number of aircraft into the Middle East to take part in operations against Iran. Continue reading...
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