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Air Force to add $225 combat pay to Klinner

9/8/2026

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance pledged to review Libby Klinner’s benefits case.
The Air Force said her final paycheck will include hazard pay and combat tax breaks.
Combat pay adds $225 monthly and does not require a formal war declaration.
She was first told benefits were denied because the Iran conflict was “not a war.”

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Story summary

U.S. Vice President JD Vance pledged to review Libby Klinner’s benefits case.
The Air Force said her final paycheck will include hazard pay and combat tax breaks.
Combat pay adds $225 monthly and does not require a formal war declaration.
She was first told benefits were denied because the Iran conflict was “not a war.”