Bardstown soldier killed in Iraq
A second Kentucky soldier has been killed while supporting Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S./Israeli military operation against Iran. The U.S. Department of War has confirmed that 34-year-old Technical Sergeant Ashley B. Pruitt of Bardstown was one of the six soldiers who “died on March 12, 2026, in the crash of a KC-135 in western Iraq.” The DOW says Pruitt was assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing based out of […]