March 14, 2026

Crew of fatal U.S. military crash included Georgia father and several from Ohio

A pilot from Alabama had just been promoted to major in January and had been deployed less than a week when the refueling aircraft he was aboard crashed in Iraq this week, killing him and five others, his brother-in-law said Saturday.

Crew of fatal U.S. military crash included Georgia father and several from Ohio

TL;DR

  • An Alabama pilot was among six people killed in an aircraft crash in Iraq.
  • The pilot had been promoted to major in January.
  • He was deployed less than a week before the crash.
  • The aircraft was a refueling aircraft.
  • The incident occurred this week.
  • The pilot's brother-in-law provided the information on Saturday.

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