2026 mid-air collision over Iraq
United States Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker and United States Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker · Collision of unknown origin
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 6 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- Unknown
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
Aircraft 1 · Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
- Aircraft type
- Boeing KC-135
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- 62-3556
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From not recordedTo not recorded
Aircraft 2 · Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
- Aircraft type
- Boeing KC-135
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- 63-8017
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Not stated
- Survivors
- 6
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Not stated
- Route
- From not recordedTo not recorded
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
On 12 March 2026, two Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker tanker aircraft collided in mid-air over western Iraq during operations of the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) in support of US troops stationed in Iraqi territory during the 2026 war against Iran. One of the aircraft crashed, killing its six crew members. The other aircraft lost part of its vertical stabiliser but managed to turn around and head without problems to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv in Israel.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Spanish Wikipedia article “Colisión aérea sobre Irak de 2026” (revision 173086720, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Spanish Wikipedia article: Colisión aérea sobre Irak de 2026
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 173086720 · 2026-04-21 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q138674330
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- es Wikipedia article "Colisión aérea sobre Irak de 2026" (page 11457221, revision 173086720), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: total_fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Spanish Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.