Iran war death toll climbs to 13 after all crew onboard U.S. refueling plane died in crash | 13 March 2026 | All six service members aboard an American refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq on Thursday have died. U.S. Central Command, which initially confirmed four deaths, said there was no hostile or friendly fire that caused the collision in friendly airspace. It brings the death toll of American troops in the Iran conflict to 13. The second plane involved in the collision landed safely with minor damage to the tip of its tail. After Operation Epic Fury began the weekend of February 28, the U.S. announced that six U.S. troops were killed in Iranian drone strikes on a U.S. facility in Kuwait… A seventh American service member was added to the toll due to injuries the service member sustained from an Iranian attack on a U.S. base in Saudi Arabia.