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The Pentagon has identified the six airmen who died in the KC-135 refueling plane crash as John Klinner, 33, from Alabama; Ariana Savino, 31, from Washington; Ashley Pruitt, 34, from Kentucky; Seth Koval, 38, from Indiana; Curtis Angst, 30, from Ohio; and Tyler Simmons, 28, also from Ohio.
US officials told CBS News, the BBC's US partner, that the incident may have involved a midair collision, though investigations are still ongoing.
Thursday's crash raises the official US military death toll in the US-Israel conflict with Iran, which began two weeks ago, to 13. Additionally, six soldiers were killed in Kuwait and one in Saudi Arabia.
So far, the US military has lost at least four aircraft during the conflict, which started with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28.
