WLWT. NEWS 5. ALL RIGHT, JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE THERE. AN OHIO AIRMAN FROM CLINTON COUNTY WILL BE LAID TO REST TOMORROW AFTER HE WAS KILLED IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WILMINGTON NATIVE CAPTAIN COURTIS ANGST WAS ONE OF THREE OHIO AIRMEN KILLED IN A REFUELING MISSION OVER IRAQ. MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THE JET CRASHED WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN FRIENDLY AIRSPACE. NOW, CAPTAIN ANGST WAS A 2014 GRADUATE OF WILMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, WHERE HE GOT A DEGREE IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING. HE SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS, SISTER AND HIS WIFE, MARY. NOW, THE BURIAL SERVICE WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS WILL BE TOMORROW MORNING AT THE DAYTON NATIONAL CEMETERY AT 11:00. THEN TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT TWO, TH
Ohio airman killed in refueling mission over Iraq to be laid to rest Friday
Updated: 7:21 PM EDT Apr 2, 2026
An Ohio airman from Clinton County who was killed in a refueling crash over Iraq will be laid to rest on Friday.Six crew members of a KC-135 Air Force refueling aircraft were killed in the crash last month. U.S. Central Command said the circumstances of the crash are under investigation.Three Ohio Air National Guard members who were killed have been identified as 38-year-old Capt. Seth R. Koval of Mooresville, Indiana, 30-year-old Capt. Curtis J. Angst of Wilmington, Ohio, and 28-year-old Tech. Sgt. Tyler H. Simmons of Columbus, Ohio. Angst, a 2014 graduate of Wilmington High School and a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, was survived by his parents, his sister and his wife, Mary.On Friday morning, a burial service with full military honors will be held for Angst at the Dayton National Cemetery.On Friday afternoon, the Roberts Centre in Wilmington will hold a celebration of life from 2-6 p.m.
WILMINGTON, Ohio —
An Ohio airman from Clinton County who was killed in a refueling crash over Iraq will be laid to rest on Friday.
Six crew members of a KC-135 Air Force refueling aircraft were killed in the crash last month. U.S. Central Command said the circumstances of the crash are under investigation.
Three Ohio Air National Guard members who were killed have been identified as 38-year-old Capt. Seth R. Koval of Mooresville, Indiana, 30-year-old Capt. Curtis J. Angst of Wilmington, Ohio, and 28-year-old Tech. Sgt. Tyler H. Simmons of Columbus, Ohio.
Angst, a 2014 graduate of Wilmington High School and a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, was survived by his parents, his sister and his wife, Mary.
On Friday morning, a burial service with full military honors will be held for Angst at the Dayton National Cemetery.
On Friday afternoon, the Roberts Centre in Wilmington will hold a celebration of life from 2-6 p.m.