Alabama airman, father of 3, among 6 killed in Iraq refueling jet crash: ‘Our world shattered’

One of the six American service members killed Thursday in support of Operation Epic Fury when a KC-135 crashed in Iraq was a husband and father of three who had lived in the Birmingham area, according to his family.

Maj. Alex Klinner and his wife are parents to a two-and-a-half-year-old and seven-month-old twins.

“On March 12, our world shattered,” his wife, Libby, posted on Instagram…

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