Rescue effort under way as US military refueling plane crashes in Iraq

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

A US military refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident US Central Command said involved another aircraft but was not the result of hostile or friendly fire.

It wasn’t immediately clear if there were casualties. A US official, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss the developing situation, said the KC-135 aircraft that crashed had at least five crew members aboard.

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