Alabama says goodbye to Maj. Alex Klinner: Funeral today for airman killed in Iraq refueling plane crash

People are gathering in Trussville today to honor the life of Maj. Alex Klinner, one of six U.S. military members killed in a KC-135 crash in Iraq while attempting to refuel and assist in the war against Iran.

Klinner’s funeral will be held at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Trussville.

Klinner, a father of a 2 ½ year-old son and 7-month-old twins – a boy and a girl and a 2016 Auburn University mechanical engineering graduate, died March 12…

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