A pilot from Alabama had just been promoted to major in January and had been deployed less than a week when the refueling aircraft he was aboard crashed in Iraq this week, killing him and five others,

The U.S. military is identifying the six service members who died last week when a KC-135 refueling plane crashed in western Iraq.

A 33-year-old Alabama father of three has been identified as one of the six service members killed when an Air Force refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq, his devastated brother-in-law confirmed. Major Alex Klinner,

Billionaire Bill Ackman seems to be the top donor for GoFundMe campaigns supporting families of servicemembers who died recently.

The Alabama airman killed in the Iraq crash has been identified by his wife as Alex Klinner, who has set up a GoFundMe in his name.

The War Department confirmed the identifies of the six U.S. airmen who were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq during a mission.

The six U.S. service members who died in the crash of a U.S. military refueling aircraft included an Alabama father who had just been promoted and deployed.

Three airmen tied to Alabama's 117th Air Refueling Wing died in a KC-135 crash in Iraq, part of Operation Epic Fury.

The donation appeared as the top contribution on a fundraiser created by Klinner’s sister-in-law, which has raised hundreds of thousands for his family