The war approached the two-week mark with heavy exchanges of drone and missile strikes.

An American military refueling plane taking part in the operation against Iran has crashed in Iraq and rescue efforts are underway

A U.S. military refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident U.S. Central Command said involved another aircraft but was not the result of hostile or friendly fire. In a statement,

A Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker spotted flying over the Netherlands from the U.S. to Tel Aviv to support the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran on March 2, 2026. A Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker spotted flying over the Netherlands from the U.

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

Striking a defiant tone in his first public statement since succeeding his father, who was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, he promised to avenge “the blood of the martyrs.”

U.S. Central Command confirmed on Friday morning that four of six crew members were killed when a refueling plane crashed in Iraq. Authorities claimed the loss was "not due to hostile or enemy fire." This is the fourth reported loss of a U.

U.S. Central Command announced Wednesday evening that it lost a military refueling aircraft over Iraq amid the war in Iran. Two aircraft were involved in the incident, according to CENTCOM. One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq,