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U.S. Airmen Killed in Iraqi Plane Crash Remembered as Heroes

3/24/2026

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Tech Sgt. Tyler Simmons, 28, was among six U.S. airmen killed in a refueling plane crash in Iraqi skies on March 12.
Simmons told his father Mylo that he might not return from the Iran war the day before his death.
Three other airmen at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida also perished.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called them American heroes.

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Tech Sgt. Tyler Simmons, 28, was among six U.S. airmen killed in a refueling plane crash in Iraqi skies on March 12.
Simmons told his father Mylo that he might not return from the Iran war the day before his death.
Three other airmen at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida also perished.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called them American heroes.