Covington native, Air Force captain killed in Iraq plane crash remembered

Name: Covington native, Air Force captain killed in Iraq plane crash remembered
Uploaded: 2026-04-07T22:27:42Z
Duration: 2 min 2 s
Description: The Covington community is mourning Air Force Capt. Ariana Savino, one of six service members killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq. Savino, a Kentwood High School graduate and Central Washington University ROTC alum, served as a pilot with the 99th Air Refueling Squadron and logged more than 300 combat hours during deployments in the Middle East.

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The Covington community is mourning Air Force Capt. Ariana Savino, one of six service members killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq. Savino, a Kentwood High School graduate and Central Washington University ROTC alum, served as a pilot with the 99th Air Refueling Squadron and logged more than 300 combat hours during deployments in the Middle East.