Relative of US airman killed in Middle East crash calls war on Iran ‘uncalled for’
Cousin of Tech Sgt Tyler Simmons, whose military refueling plane crashed in Iraq, says: ‘We didn’t need to be in this war’A relative of an Ohio airman who was killed recently in a military airplane crash in Iraq amid the US and Israel’s war in nearby Iran has said the conflict is...
<p>Cousin of Tech Sgt Tyler Simmons, whose military refueling plane crashed in Iraq, says: ‘We didn’t need to be in this war’</p><p>A relative of an Ohio airman who was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/14/us-service-members-killed-identified">killed recently in a military airplane crash in Iraq</a> amid the US and Israel’s war in nearby Iran has said the conflict is “uncalled for”.</p><p>“This could have been prevented,” Stephan Douglas said of the death of his cousin Tech Sgt Tyler Simmons, 28, in an interview with the Ohio news outlet <a href="https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/airman-from-columbus-among-those-killed-in-refueling-crash-in-iraq/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThis%20could%20have%20been%20prevented%2C%E2%80%9D%20Douglas%20said.%20%E2%80%9CWe%C2%A0didn%E2%80%99t%C2%A0need%20to%20be%20in%20this%20war.%20This%20is%20uncalled%C2%A0for%2C%20and%20this%20is%20what%20we%20get.%E2%80%9D%C2%A0">WCMH</a>. “We didn’t need to be in this war. This is uncalled for – and this is what we get.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/airman-killed-iran-war-cousin">Continue reading...</a>
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