Event Brief
Pentagon identifies soldier killed in drone ordnance blast
Filed: Jul 21, 2026 at 11:04 PM ET
Summary: The Pentagon identified Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton as the soldier killed during a controlled detonation at Erbil Air Base.
WHO: Pentagon
WHAT: Identified Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton as killed during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone
WHEN: Jul 21, 2026 at 9:13 AM ET
WHERE: Erbil Air Base, Iraq
WHY: He died during an operation to safeguard fellow soldiers during the detonation of unexploded ordnance.
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