更新时间：2026年3月13日 / 美国东部时间上午6:07 / CBS新闻
美军中央司令部周五早些时候证实，前一天一架参与对伊朗行动的空中加油机在伊拉克西部坠毁，导致至少4名美国军人死亡。中央司令部表示，另外两名机组人员的救援工作仍在进行中。
中央司令部在社交媒体发布的声明中称：”美国东部时间3月12日下午约2点，一架美国KC-135加油机在伊拉克西部坠毁。机上6名机组人员中有4人已确认死亡，救援工作仍在继续。目前事件的具体情况正在调查中。但飞机失事并非由于敌方火力或友军火力造成。”
声明还表示，失事军人的身份将在通知其家属24小时后公布。此次坠机事件使自2月28日美国和以色列对伊朗发动战争以来美军死亡人数增至11人，其中包括6人在伊朗对科威特的袭击中丧生，1人在沙特阿拉伯丧生。
美国官员告诉CBS新闻，他们认为此次事件可能涉及空中相撞，但仍在调查中。
官员周四告诉CBS新闻，另一架美国波音KC-135空中加油机在周四受损但安全着陆，但截至周五上午尚未有该飞机的更多细节。飞行跟踪服务FlightRadar24的数据显示，一架KC-135加油机在周四晚间降落在特拉维夫前曾宣布紧急情况。
图片资料： 2026年3月2日，一架美国空军KC-135飞机飞越荷兰芬洛。Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/Getty
一名伊拉克情报消息人士告诉CBS新闻，第一架飞机坠毁地点靠近伊拉克和约旦边境的图拉比尔。
中央司令部周四早些时候的声明称，两起坠机事件均与同一事件有关，且均非敌方或友军火力造成。
这是与”史诗狂怒”行动相关的第四起被公开确认的美军飞机坠毁事件。上周一，美军证实三架F-15E”攻击鹰”战斗机在与科威特的友军误击事件中被击落，但所有6名机组人员均安全弹射逃生。
各军种对执行坠机人员救援任务有各自的术语，但通常称为”飞机及人员战术救援”（Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, TRAP）任务。这类任务在飞机坠毁后迅速部署，且可能极具危险性，因为美军需要在敌方部队到达前迅速控制坠机现场。任务目标是营救可能受伤或死亡的飞行员或机组人员，并回收或销毁仍完好无损的敏感设备。
4 crew members killed in crash of American KC-135 refueling aircraft in Iraq, U.S. military confirms
Updated on: March 13, 2026 / 6:07 AM EDT / CBS News
The U.S. military’s Central Command confirmed early Friday that at least four U.S. service members were killed the previous day when an aerial refueling aircraft taking part in operations against Iran crashed in western Iraq. CENTCOM said rescue efforts were still underway for two other crew members.
“At approximately 2 pm ET on March 12, a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq. Four of six crew members on board the aircraft have been confirmed deceased as rescue efforts continue. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. However, the loss of the aircraft was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire,” CENTCOM said in its statement, shared on social media.
It said the identities of the service members killed in the crash would be withheld until 24 hours after their families were notified. The crash brings the total number of U.S. service members killed since the U.S. and Israel launched the war with Iran on Feb. 28 to 11, including six forces killed in an Iranian strike on Kuwait and one killed in Saudi Arabia.
U.S. officials have told CBS News they believe the incident may have involved a mid-air collision, but they were still investigating.
Officials told CBS News on Thursday that a second U.S. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker was damaged but landed safely Thursday, but there were no further details available on that aircraft by Friday morning. According to flight tracking service FlightRadar24, a KC-135 tanker declared an emergency before landing in Tel Aviv Thursday evening.
File: A U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft flies over Venlo, Netherlands, on March 2, 2026. Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/Getty
The first plane went down near Turaibil, which is along the Iraqi-Jordanian border, an Iraqi intelligence source told CBS News.
Central Command said in a previous statement on Thursday that both aircraft were involved in the same incident, which was not caused by hostile or friendly fire.
It was the fourth publicly acknowledged U.S. aircraft crash connected to Operation Epic Fury. Last Monday, the U.S. military confirmed that three F-15E Strike Eagles were shot down in a friendly-fire incident involving Kuwait, but all six crew members safely ejected.
Each branch of service has its own terminology for launching recovery missions of a downed aircraft but generally they’re called Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, or TRAP, missions. These types of missions rapidly deploy after an aircraft crash and can be dangerous, as U.S. forces race to secure the crash site before enemy forces can. The goal is to retrieve pilots or crew members — who may be injured or deceased — and retrieve or destroy sensitive equipment that remains intact.
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