Former VP Pence honors Indiana airman killed in U.S.-Israel strike in Iran, where six service members died.

Former Vice President Mike Pence honored Captain Seth R. Koval, a Hoosier Airman killed in a crash during a U.S.-Israel military operation in Iran, calling him a devoted family man and patriot. Pence shared condolences on social media, praying for Koval’s wife, Heather Nichole, and family. The Pentagon confirmed six service members died in the incident, which heightened regional tensions. In unrelated news, a Nevada trooper was injured in a wrong-way crash on I-80 near Reno; both the trooper and a female driver were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and impairment is suspected.