WILMINGTON, Ohio (WXIX)\u2014 Funeral services for Captain Curtis J. Angst, an Ohio National Guard pilot who died in an aircraft accident over western Iraq, will be held on Friday.<\/p>\n
Angst, 30, of Wilmington, was serving as a KC-135 pilot in support of Epic Fury when he died March 12. <\/p>\n
He will be laid to rest during a private ceremony at the Dayton National Cemetery on Friday. <\/p>\n
According to the United States Air Force<\/a>, he graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Cincinnati. Capt. Angst was aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker in Western Iraq when the refueling jet went down.<\/p>\n Angst graduated from Wilmington High School in 2014 before enlisting in the Ohio Air Force National Guard on May 6, 2015 as a Vehicle Maintenance Technician with the 123rd Air Control Squadron.<\/p>\n Capt. Angst earned a commission in 2021, attended undergraduate pilot training in 2022, followed by the KC-135R Pilot Initial Qualification in 2024.<\/p>\n He was a KC-135 pilot with the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus.<\/p>\n Capt. Angst was deployed in 2015 and 2026 during the Spartan Shield and Epic Fury operations.<\/p>\n Six airmen were killed when their KC-135 Stratotanker went down in western Iraq, according to the Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n The family released a statement<\/a> asking the public and media to respect their time to grieve.<\/p>\n Angst is survived by his wife, Mary Angst; his parents, Lisa and Matt Angst; and a sister, Jessica Angst.<\/p>\n The Fisher-Edgington Funeral Home in Wilmington is serving the family.<\/p>\n See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n