The U.S. Central Command said that the loss was "not due to hostile or enemy fire."

A U.S. KC-135 refuelling aircraft crashed in Iraq during Operation Epic Fury; rescue efforts are currently underway.

CENCTOM said the incident ‘was not due to hostile or friendly fire’

US Central Command officials say ‘incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury’

WASHINGTON: 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…

No deaths have been reported so far, but the military said the crash involved two aircraft, one of which landed safely.

In a statement, U.S. Central Command said it was carrying out rescue efforts after the U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft went down.

The U.S. Central Command said that the loss was "not due to hostile or enemy fire."

The US Central Command says rescue efforts are under way after a refuelling aircraft went down over western Iraq.

The U.S. military were engaged in major rescue mission in western Iraq after a Stratotanker refueling aircraft crashed, killing four of the six crew.

The KC-135 has been in service for more than 60 years and has been involved in several fatal accidents, most recently in 2013.

US Central Command says crash followed unspecified incident, and second refueling tanker landed safely in Israel

US Central Command previously stated that 'the loss of the aircraft was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire,' yet Pentagon officials said the crash remains under…

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon on Saturday released the identities of six US crew members killed during the crash of a refueling aircraft in western Iraq earlier this week, which…