All six crew members aboard a U.S. KC-135 aerial tanker that crashed in Iraq on March 12 have been confirmed dead.

The aircraft were reportedly parked on the flight line at the time of the strike and sustained damage but were not destroyed.

KC-135 Center Console Refresh (CCR) program office at Tinker AFB, Okla., said that it expects to issue a solicitation in May ...

"The incident was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire," the release said, adding that rescue efforts are ongoing.

The aircraft was not lost to hostile or friendly fire, but the circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated.

An investigation continues after six U.S. service members were killed when their KC-135 plane crashed in western Iraq. Here's ...

All six crew members aboard the US KC-135 lost over western Iraq have now been confirmed dead, as investigators continue ...

Four of six KC-135 crew members have been confirmed deceased. CENTCOM is "still treating this as an active rescue," Gen. Dan ...

Maj. John Klinner, an AL pilot, was among six U.S. service members killed when a KC-135 Air Force refueling plane crashed in ...

Six U.S. service members have been killed when their refueling aircraft "went down" in friendly airspace in western Iraq, ...

U.S. Central Command confirms the loss of a refueling aircraft in friendly airspace as rescue and recovery efforts continue.

The 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base is home to the KC-135 Stratotanker, a refueling plane that has helped ...