An Ohio Airman killed throughout Operation Epic Fury was recognized as an space highschool graduate.
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Captain Curtis Angst of Columbus was amongst three members of the Ohio Air Nationwide Guard killed throughout Operation Epic Fury.
The opposite two members have been Captain Seth Koval of Stoutsville and Technical Sergeant Tyler Simmons of Columbus.
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On Sunday, Wilmington Metropolis Colleges shared on social media that Angst was a 2014 graduate of Wilmington Excessive College and the son of a district workers member.
“Wilmington Metropolis Colleges is conserving certainly one of our workers members, Lisa Angst, and her household in our ideas following the lack of her son, Curtis Angst, who was among the many Airmen from the 121st Air Refueling Wing killed in Iraq,” the district stated of their submit.
The three Ohio airmen have been amongst six killed in a refueling plane crash in Iraq, in line with a earlier Information Heart 7 report.
All six members have been recognized by the Pentagon on Saturday, in line with CNN.
As beforehand reported, the KC-135 went down in western Iraq on Thursday in pleasant airspace whereas supporting Operation Epic Fury.
The airplane didn’t crash attributable to hostile or pleasant fireplace. A second airplane was broken however landed safely.
As beforehand reported by Information Heart 7, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine ordered the flags of the US and the State of Ohio to be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds statewide.
Flags will likely be lowered in honor of the life and repair of three members of the Ohio Air Nationwide Guard killed throughout Operation Epic Fury.
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