{"id":19529,"date":"2026-03-14T20:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/19529\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T20:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:08:43","slug":"alabama-air-force-major-killed-in-refueling-aircraft-crash-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/19529\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Air Force major killed in refueling aircraft crash in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">MONTGOMERY, Ala. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsfa.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/www.wsfa.com\">WSFA<\/a>) &#8211; A family mourns the loss of an Air Force crew member killed when a refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Major John \u201cAlex\u201d Klinner was among six crew members who died in the crash. Klinner graduated from Auburn University with a degree in mechanical engineering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">After his death, the sister of John\u2019s wife, Libby Klinner, created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/major-alex-klinner?attribution_id=sl:d3dc85d6-3b82-4f54-96a8-af09bbf1ff2a&amp;ts=1773491481&amp;utm_campaign=natman_today_topbar_ios&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/major-alex-klinner?attribution_id=sl:d3dc85d6-3b82-4f54-96a8-af09bbf1ff2a&amp;ts=1773491481&amp;utm_campaign=natman_today_topbar_ios&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link\">GoFundMe page<\/a> to support Libby and her three children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Auburn University and Senator Tommy Tuberville posted on Facebook Saturday honoring Klinner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On the GoFundMe page, the family said that any amount will make a difference. If you\u2019re unable to donate, sharing the page and keeping the family in your prayers is appreciated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Editor\u2019s note: A previous version of this post incorrectly said the crash happened in Iran. The crash happened in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Not reading this story on the WSFA News App? Get news alerts FASTER and FREE in the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/wsfa-12-news\/id449733109\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple App Store<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.raycom.wsfa&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play Store<\/a>! <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WSFA. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) &#8211; A family mourns the loss of an Air Force crew member killed when a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1726,9772,9749,9753,9769,1584,3156,34,94,9771,9770,9768,42],"class_list":{"0":"post-19529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iraq","8":"tag-air-force","9":"tag-air-force-major","10":"tag-alabama","11":"tag-auburn-university","12":"tag-birmingham","13":"tag-death","14":"tag-gofundme","15":"tag-iran","16":"tag-iraq","17":"tag-libby-klinner","18":"tag-major-john-alex-klinner","19":"tag-montgomery","20":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116229341349651961","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}