{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mikerogers.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4100", "ICYMI, AL.com: \u2018Selfless sacrifice\u2019 of 6 killed in Iraq refueling plane crash honored on floor of Congress", "2026-03-19", "2026", "2026-03", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Mike Rogers", "R000575", "mikerogers.house.gov", "mikerogers", "https://mikerogers.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, AL.com published a story regarding U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (AL-03) leading a moment of silence on the House Floor to honor the KC-135 crew who were killed in Iraq in support of Operation Epic Fury. Rep. Rogers was joined by the entire Alabama House Delegation and members of the Ohio Delegation.\n\nRead the full story on AL.com here and below.\n\n\u2018Selfless sacrifice\u2019 of 6 killed in Iraq refueling plane crash honored on floor of Congress\n\nWilliam Thornton\n\nMarch 19, 2026\n\nU.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala. led his colleagues in the House of Representatives Thursday morning in a moment of silence for six crew members of a KC-135 Air Force refueling aircraft who were killed last week in a plane crash over friendly territory in western Iraq.\n\nThey were from Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Washington state.\n\nThe commemoration happened at 10:33 a.m. EDT on the House floor.\n\nRogers, standing with other lawmakers from Alabama and Ohio, said they stood to \u201chonor the lives\u201d of those lost in the incident one week ago.\n\nThe crash killed three people assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida: Maj. John A. \u201cAlex\u201d Klinner, 33, of Trussville; Capt. Ariana Savino, 31, of Covington, Washington; and Tech. Sgt. Ashley Pruitt, 34, of Bardstown, Kentucky.\n\nThe three served in the 99th Air Refueling Squadron of the 117th Air Refueling Wing located at Sumpter Smith Joint Air National Guard Base in Birmingham.\n\nThe three others were assigned to the 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio: Capt. Seth Koval, 38, a resident of Stoutsville, Ohio, who was from Mooresville, Indiana; Capt. Curtis Angst, 30, who lived in Columbus; and Master Sgt. Tyler Simmons, 28, of Columbus.\n\nGov. Kay Ivey has ordered flags in Alabama to be flown at half-staff on the day of Klinner\u2019s funeral.\n\nRogers said prayers are with the families of the six service members.\n\n\u201cI would also like to acknowledge the total of 13 service members who have lost their lives during this conflict,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cWe commend their selfless sacrifice and service to our country, and pray for their loved ones.\u201d\n\nOther tributes followed from delegations from Ohio and California to fallen service members.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mikerogers.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4100"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7689460180699825, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}