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Six Americans Killed After US Refuelling Jet Crashes In Iraq

March 13, 2026 Middle East Eye. , , , , ,
The US announced on Friday that all six of its soldiers aboard a KC-135 refuelling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq a day earlier have been killed. "The aircraft was lost while flying over friendly airspace March 12 during Operation Epic Fury," US Central Command, the Pentagon's Middle East hub, said on X. "The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. However, the loss of the aircraft was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire," Centcom asserted. "The identities of the service members are being withheld until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified." The deaths bring the total number of US personnel killed since 28 February and the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran to 13.

Ukraine: Casualty Numbers, Territorial Defense Forces

June 4, 2022 Moon of Alabama. , , ,
Over the last month I had come to the conclusion that the Ukraine is losing about 500 men per day due to intense Russian artillery fire. That number may have been too low. I had mentioned high Ukrainian casualty rates due to Russian artillery fire on April 25: The nearly 1,000 artillery missions in the last 24 hours and on the days before speak of intense preparations for upcoming attacks by Russian mechanized forces. Over all artillery will do the most damage to the Ukrainian troops. In World War II and other modern mechanized wars some 65% of all casualties were caused by artillery strikes. The recent rate on the Ukrainian side will likely be higher. I revisited that on May 5: The Russian military forces are grinding down Ukrainian ground forces by extensive use of heavy artillery.
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