Here are the names of the 6 Air Force airmen who died when their refueling plane crashed

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Mallory Yu, Jeanette Woods

Published March 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM EDT

On Saturday, the U.S. Defense Department released the names of six service members who died when their military refueling aircraft crashed.

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