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agingdem

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15. my granddaughter called her mother sobbing...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 02:31 PM

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a few weeks ago she and her fiancé were guests at their friends wedding...they were seated next to the bride's sister and brother-in-law..the young man was an Air Force pilot..his wife was just notified that he was one of the six crew members killed...he was the father of 3 children under 6...

Trump is a monster...

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All 6 U.S. crew members killed after refueling plane crashes in Iraq [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

We'll never know the truth, this Administration is incapable of being truthful. dem4decades Yesterday #1

killed to protect a pedophile Blues Heron Yesterday #2

In the UK, Historian Mark Felton found parts of WWII still classified bucolic_frolic Yesterday #3

When I was writing my melm00se Yesterday #16

Maybe if genius MF47 had some bases in Afghanistan this wouldn't have happened Ponietz Yesterday #4

Mid-air collision AverageOldGuy Yesterday #5

I speculated on that in another thread: InstantGratification Yesterday #6

It is almost 100% certain that the collision was with another plane involved in the refueling operation Bluetus Yesterday #11

Correct, tankers are not normally that close InstantGratification Yesterday #18

It's amazing that the other plane survived. I saw the supposed image of the other plane and it looked pretty good! LeftInTX Yesterday #8

The number is now 13. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #7

14 wnylib Yesterday #10

7 from the first strike in Kuwait and this 6. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #12

Yes, you missed one, but you are not alone on that. wnylib Yesterday #13

They did underreport it. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #14

Everything Trump touches. Initech Yesterday #9

my granddaughter called her mother sobbing... agingdem Yesterday #15

There was no way they would have survived RetiredParatrooper Yesterday #17

A lot of people don't realize in every air war more planes have been lost to accidents than combat JohnnyRingo Yesterday #19

Sounds like exhausted -pilot error Warpy Yesterday #20

There are no parachutes on a KC-135 so the plane... S/V Loner 23 hrs ago #21