US Central Command officials say ‘incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury’
A 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.
It wasn’t immediately clear if there were casualties.
The United States has surged a large number of aircraft into the Middle East to take part in operations against Iran.
In a statement, US Central Command said it was carrying out rescue efforts after the US KC-135 refueling aircraft went down. The second aircraft landed safely.
