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In this photo provided by the U.S. Air National Guard, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyler Simmons, an in-flight refueling specialist with the 121st Air Refueling Wing, refuels a C-17 Globemaster with a KC-135 Stratotanker during a teacher orientation flight at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio, on April 27, 2023.
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The six U.S. service members who died in the crash of a U.S. military refueling aircraft included an Alabama father who had just been promoted and deployed. The U.S. government released the identities of the deceased service members Saturday. They include three assigned to the Ohio National Guard and three assigned to a Florida air base. The family of Birmingham, Alabama, pilot Alex Klinner confirms he was killed in the crash. The family says Klinner had recently been promoted to major and been deployed less than a week.
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