A US military refuelling plane has gone down in western Iraq
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A US KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq while another aircraft involved in the same incident landed safely, the US military said on Thursday.
In a statement, US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees American forces in the Middle East, said: “One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, while the second landed safely. This was not the result of hostile fire or friendly fire.”
However, Iran’s military said in a statement broadcast by state television that an allied group in Iraq had shot down the aircraft with a missile, killing all those on board.
The KC-135 is at least the fourth US military aircraft lost during the ongoing Middle East war, following the loss of three F-15 fighter jets that were downed by friendly fire over Kuwait.
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