On Saturday, USEUCOM said that the US military aircraft crashed in the eastern Mediterranean on November 10, while conducting training operations.
"During a routine air refueling mission as part of military training, a U.S. military aircraft carrying five service members suffered a mishap and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. All five of the service members onboard the aircraft were killed," USEUCOM said in a statement.
An investigation into the crash is underway, it added.