AILSA CHANG, HOST:
Late last week, six Air Force airmen died when their KC-135 refueling plane crashed over western Iraq. Their names were released over the weekend.
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:
John Klinner, the 33-year-old major, graduated from Auburn University in Alabama in 2016 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
CHANG: Captain Ariana Savino was 31 years old, from Covington, Washington. In a statement, Savino's family wrote, Ariana died doing the one thing she loved most - flying.
KELLY: Technical Sergeant Ashley Pruitt was 34, from Bardstown, Kentucky. According to a GoFundMe to support her family, she was a devoted wife to her husband Greg and a mother of two.
CHANG: Technical Sergeant Tyler Simmons, the 28-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, had a million-dollar smile, as his cousin put it to news station WBNS.
KELLY: Captain Seth Koval, 38, of Mooresville, Indiana. His wife Nichole (ph) wrote of him, Seth was a man whose life I could never confine to a single statement.
CHANG: Captain Curtis Angst of Wilmington, Ohio. In a written statement, the 30-year-old's family noted his constant smile and instantly recognizable laugh made people feel welcome, valued and part of something bigger.
KELLY: At least 13 service members have been killed in the war with Iran. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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