Pentagon identifies US service member killed in Iranian attack on Iraq base
Summary
The Pentagon named Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton as the U.S. service member who died in Iraq. He was killed during the controlled explosion of an unexploded Iranian attack drone at Erbil Air Base.Key Facts
- Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, age 30, was from Fayetteville, North Carolina.
- He died on Saturday at Erbil Air Base in Iraq.
- The incident involved a controlled detonation of a drone.
- The drone was an Iranian one-way attack drone that had been downed.
- The Pentagon made the identification public on Tuesday.
- The drone belonged to Tehran, Iran’s capital.
- The explosion was intended to safely dispose of the drone.
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