3 Ohio airmen to be honored in dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base

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Source: WHIO-TV

3 Ohio airmen to be honored in dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base


Captain Seth Koval (L) ; Captain Curtis Angst (C) ; Master Sgt. Tyler Simmons (R) Photos contributed by 121st Air Refueling Wing (via Facebook)

March 18, 2026 at 7:44 a.m. UTC
By WHIO Staff

OHIO — The three Ohio airmen killed overseas will return to the United States in a dignified transfer on Wednesday.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine wrote in a social media post that it will take place at Dover Air Force Base.

He and Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine will join families, along with Ohio National Guard senior staff, to pay respects to Captain Curtis Angst, 2014 Wilmington High graduate, Captain Seth Kovaland, and Master Sgt. Tyler Simmons (who was posthumously promoted by Ohio’s Adjutant General from the rank of technical sergeant.

The three Ohio airmen from the 121st and 6th Air Refueling Wings were killed during Operation Epic Fury in Iraq, according to a previous News Center 7 report.

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Tue Mar 17, 2026:

Trump expected at Dover AFB on March 18 for dignified transfer of crewmembers killed in crash of KC-135

https://www.democraticunderground.com/117817431

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1. I see the orange menace will be in attendance

The article said it would be a dignified ceremony

[mercuryblues]

2. When I read that it would be a dignified ceremony,

My thought was that meant Trumpenstein would not be there.

[republianmushroom]

3. Same here,

trump, dignified, NO WAY.

[MustLoveBeagles]

5. Yeah

Isn't that a contradiction?

[Wonder Why]

4. dignified (def): the Fat Pig will not be coming.

That means it will not be very dignified.

[MustLoveBeagles]

6. Thank you for your service

You deserved so much better.