The KC-135 refueling aircraft was lost in an apparent midair accident with another tanker over friendly airspace in Iraq while supporting Iran war operations.

A woman raising two children was among the six U.S. service members killed last week when a refueling plane involved in the war with Iran crashed in western Iraq.

Many of the six United States service members who died last week when a refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq had dreamed of being in the Air Force from a young age, and they died doing what they loved —...