{"id":24047,"date":"2026-03-17T20:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/24047\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T20:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:56:07","slug":"ohio-airmen-killed-in-crash-over-iraq-to-return-to-u-s-in-dignified-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/24047\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio airmen killed in crash over Iraq to return to U.S. in dignified transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe remains of the three Ohio airmen killed in an air refueling mission over Iraq will return to the U.S. through a dignified transfer Wednesday.Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine shared he will be traveling to Dover Air Force Base to pay his respects to the service members.The three Ohio airmen were among the six killed in the crash last Thursday.  The Ohio Air National Guard members 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.The crash also claimed the lives of three members of the Air Force&#8217;s 6th Air Refueling Wing, including Tech Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, a 34-year-old mother of two.Angst&#8217;s family says he died doing what he loved most: flying and serving alongside the people he cared deeply about. Funeral arrangements have not been announced, and military officials continue to work to determine what caused the crash.U.S. Central Command said the circumstances of the crash are under investigation but that the loss of the aircraft was \u201cnot due to hostile or friendly fire.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tDOVER BASE HOUSING, Del. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The remains of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlwt.com\/article\/wilmington-native-identified-among-those-killed-in-plane-crash\/70745673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">three Ohio airmen<\/a> killed in an air refueling mission over Iraq will return to the U.S. through a dignified transfer Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Twitter.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have received notice that the dignified transfer of Ohio&#8217;s three airmen killed overseas last week will take place tomorrow. Fran and I will join senior staff from the Ohio National Guard to travel to Dover Air Force Base to pay our respects to Capt. Seth Koval, Capt. Curtis\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovMikeDeWine\/status\/2033985432795427232?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine shared he will be traveling to Dover Air Force Base to pay his respects to the service members.<\/p>\n<p>The three Ohio airmen were among the six killed in the crash last Thursday.  <\/p>\n<p>The Ohio Air National Guard members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlwt.com\/article\/pentagon-identifies-6-airmen-killed-in-crash-over-iraq\/70743238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">have been identified as<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>The crash <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlwt.com\/article\/wilmington-native-identified-among-those-killed-in-plane-crash\/70745673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">also claimed the lives<\/a> of three members of the Air Force&#8217;s 6th Air Refueling Wing, including Tech Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, a 34-year-old mother of two.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlwt.com\/article\/wilmington-captain-curtis-angst-aircraft-crash-iraq\/70762001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Angst&#8217;s family says<\/a> he died doing what he loved most: flying and serving alongside the people he cared deeply about. Funeral arrangements have not been announced, and military officials continue to work to determine what caused the crash.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Central Command said the circumstances of the crash <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlwt.com\/article\/refueling-plane-crash-iraq\/70728705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">are under investigation<\/a> but that the loss of the aircraft was \u201cnot due to hostile or friendly fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The remains of the three Ohio airmen killed in an air refueling mission over Iraq will return to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[9892,9891,9017,10165,5426,5425,9864,94,11636,9785,5465,1582,10166,683,11134],"class_list":{"0":"post-24047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iraq","8":"tag-28-year-old-tech","9":"tag-capt","10":"tag-crash","11":"tag-curtis-j-angst","12":"tag-dignified-transfer","13":"tag-dover-air-force-base","14":"tag-indiana","15":"tag-iraq","16":"tag-ohio-airman","17":"tag-remain","18":"tag-service-member","19":"tag-sgt","20":"tag-tyler-h-simmons","21":"tag-u-s","22":"tag-wilmington"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116246517096769393","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24047","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=24047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}