Alabama gov orders flags lowered for Maj Alex Klinner after fatal Iraq plane crash; fundraiser garners $1.4M

Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Ala., ordered American flags beryllium lowered to half-staff Tuesday successful grant of 3 fallen work members who were stationed successful Birmingham, Alabama, anterior to their deaths successful Iraq during the warfare with Iran.

Officials confirmed six work members died Thursday successful an incidental involving a KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft, which was operating implicit occidental Iraq successful enactment of Operation Epic Fury.

Ivey said 3 of the six fallen subject unit served successful the 99th Air Refueling Squadron of the 117th Air Refueling Wing located astatine Sumpter Smith Joint Air National Guard Base.

Maj. Alex Klinner of Alabama was 1 of six work members who died successful an craft clang successful Iraq.  (Facebook/James Harrill)

TRUMP AND FIRST LADY ATTEND DIGNIFIED TRANSFER FOR 6 US TROOPS KILLED IN KUWAIT

"To grant these brave subject unit who gave their lives successful work to our country, I americium directing each flags beryllium lowered connected the time of interment of Alabama autochthonal Major John A. Klinner," Ivey wrote successful a memo. 

The day of Klinner's interment has not yet been announced.

Maj. John A. "Alex" Klinner, 33, a nonmigratory of Trussville, Ala, and Auburn University alumnus, served arsenic main of squadron standardization and evaluations.

PENTAGON IDENTIFIES 6 US AIRMEN KILLED IN REFUELING TANKER CRASH IN IRAQ AFTER MID-AIR COLLISION

Klinner, an eight-year Air Force veteran, received awards including the Air Medal with oak leafage cluster, the Aerial Achievement Medal and the Air and Space Commendation Medal with oak leafage cluster. 

He is survived by his wife, Libby, and their 3 young children.

A GoFundMe run for Klinner's household has raised astir $1.4 cardinal from astir 13,000 donors, arsenic of Tuesday.

The Pentagon identified six U.S. Air Force airmen killed erstwhile their craft crashed successful occidental Iraq connected Thursday arsenic investigators proceed probing the cause. (Fox News)

The different 2 fallen work members who served successful the 99th Air Refueling Squadron were identified arsenic Capt. Ariana G. Savino, 31, of Washington, who was a postgraduate of Central Washington University and Air Force ROTC — with implicit 300 combat hours, and Technical Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, of Kentucky, who received 2 associate's degrees from the Community College of the Air Force and had implicit 900 combat formation hours. 

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

Pruitt is survived by her husband, Gregory, a young girl and a stepson.