"At least two young children lost parents Friday when a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker crashed in Kyrgyzstan. Fairchild’s Facebook site notes that Pinckney had a 7-month-old son, Gabriel. Mackey leaves behind a wife and 2-year-old daughter named Payton, Bakersfield media are reporting."
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/may/05/fairchild-airmen-who-died-crash-friday-identified/
"KHQ.COM - The Department of Defense has identified the three crew members of a KC-135 killed in a crash May 3, near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan."
http://www.khq.com/story/22165013/fairchild-airmen-killed-in-kc-135-crash-identified
Fairchild Airmen killed in Kyrgyzstan crash identified
Author: Colleen O'Brien, Reporter / Weekend Anchor, colleeno@kxly.com
"They died May 3rd during a refueling mission aboard a KC-135 aircraft...assigned to the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base.
- Capt. Mark T. Voss, 27, of Colorado Springs, Colo.,
- Capt. Victoria A. Pinckney, 27, of Palmdale, Calif., and
- Tech Sgt. Herman Mackey III, 30, of Bakersfield, Calif."
"The KC-135 plane crashed Friday afternoon about 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of the air base that the U.S. operates in Kyrgyzstan to support military operations in Afghanistan."
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