An Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueler crashed May 3 in the mountains of northern Kyrgyzstan, killing three crewmembers. The dead were identified as Capt. Mark T. Voss, 27, of Boerne, Texas, Capt. Victoria A. Pinckney, 27, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Tech Sgt. Herman Mackey III, 30, of Bakersfield, Calif. The crew and aircraft were assigned to the 93rds Air Refueling Squadron, based at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. They were deployed to the Transit Center at Manas, near the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, at the time of the fatal crash. Air Force investigators are working to determine the cause of the crash.
