White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, US President Donald Trump, special envoy Steve Witkoff, First Lady Melania Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Vice President JD Vance, Second Lady Usha Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attend a dignified transfer solemn event at Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Delaware, on March 7, 2026. Photo: AFP
DOVER: US President Donald Trump attended the return Saturday of the bodies of the first six US soldiers killed during the escalating war with Iran.
Trump, wearing a white “USA” baseball cap and accompanied by several Cabinet members, saluted as each flag-draped case was carried from a military transport plane at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where the remains of US troops killed overseas are returned to American soil.
The troops were killed last Sunday when a drone struck a key US command centre in Kuwait, a day after the United States and Israel launched a sweeping military campaign against Iran.
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