KY SR167

Kentucky Senate resolution honoring Technical Sergeant Ashley B. Pruitt of Bardstown, who died on March 12, 2026, when her KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in western Iraq during Operation Epic Fury, along with five other servicemembers

TSgt Pruitt joined the U.S. Air Force in 2017, completed four deployments, logged nearly 900 combat flight hours, and earned two associate degrees from the Community College of the Air Force

Served with the 99th Air Refueling Squadron at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base in Birmingham, Alabama, as assistant flight chief of operations and instructor for the KC-135 refueling boom

Survived by her husband Gregory Pruitt, a 3-year-old daughter, and a stepson

Directs the Clerk of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to Senator Jimmy Higdon for delivery to the family