The move would mark a major addition of troops to the region.

The KC-135 and another aircraft involved are part of the American operation against Iran, but the crash was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire, U.S. Central Command said in a statement.

A New York City police officer serving in Kuwait with the Army National Guard died from a medical issue, government officials in his home state said.

Israel renewed its assault on southern Lebanon, including targeting commanders of the Lebanese branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force,

President Donald Trump appeared to rule out talks with Iran absent its “unconditional surrender,” while Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut and Tehran as Iran launched more retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war.

CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said the U.S. has struck nearly 200 sites in Iran and dropped dozens of 2,000-pound penetrator bombs in the past 72 hours.

The Su-24 jets were neutralized by Qatari forces just short of the U.S. military’s largest installation in the Middle East, according to a report this week. 

Maj. Jeffrey R. O’Brien and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan were part of the 103rd Sustainment Command out of Des Moines, Iowa, with four other soldiers who were killed and previously identified.

The U.S. military’s biggest base in the Middle East was hit with a missile that slipped past air defenses as Iran’s attack on American military sites across the region continues.

Capt. Cody A. Khork, Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor and Sgt. Declan J. Coady were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command out of Des Moines, Iowa.