Wreckage from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft is strewn across a field near the village of Chaldovar, about 100 miles west of the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on Friday. The emergencies ministry in Kyrgyzstan says a US military plane has crashed in the country. Kyrgyzstan hosts a US base that is used for troops going into and out of Afghanistan and for KC-135 tanker planes that refuel warplanes in flight.

Wreckage from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft is strewn across a field near the village of Chaldovar.

The wreckage of the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker plane is seen at the site of the crash near the Kyrgyz village of Chaldovar. A U.S. military refuelling plane on its way to Afghanistan exploded in mid air and crashed in Kyrgyzstan on Friday when its cargo of fuel ignited, the Central Asian country's Emergencies Ministry said. The aircraft took off from the U.S. military transit centre at Kyrgyzstan's international Manas airport, which U.S. forces maintain for operations in Afghanistan, with around 70 tons of fuel on board, a local ministry official said.

A section of a Lion Air Boeing 737 is removed from the seaa four days after it crashed while trying to land at Bali's international airport near Denpasar on Wednesday. The pilot and co-pilot of a Lion Air plane that crashed at Bali's airport have passed initial drug tests, an official said on April 15, as investigators probe the causes of the accident that left dozens injured but no fatalities.

Indonesian millitary partially remove the crashed Lion Air plane from the sea near the coastline of Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, Indonesia. A Lion Air jetliner was forced into an emergency landing near the coastline off Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport on 13 April, after it skidded off the runway. There were 108 people on board the Boeing 737 800 NG plane, which had been coming in for a 3:35 pm (0735 GMT) landing. All passengers were safely evacuated. Forty-five were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment of minor injuries.

Indonesian rescue workers use a crane to remove a section of a Lion Air Boeing 737 from the sea.

An investigation team from Boeing investigate the wreck of the crashed Lion Air plane as its partially removed from the sea near the coastline of Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport.

Rescuers work where a plane skidded off the runway at Vnukovo airport in Moscow on Saturday, Dec. 29. The Tu-204 aircraft belonging to Moscow-based Red Wings broke into pieces and caught fire, killing several people.

Officers of China's People Liberation Army watch planes performing during the 9th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai on November 13, 2012.

A visitor watches a flight demonstration in front of Long March CZ-3B (right) and CZ-2E rockets on the first day of the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition, November 13, 2012.

People Liberation Army parachutists perform during the 9th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai on November 13, 2012.

Children playing near a Soviet-era Yakovlev Yak-42 plane which has been turned into their kindergarten, in the Georgian city of Rustavi on October 29, 2012.

Built in 1969, the airplane made 43,000 flights for Olympic Airways in Greece before Campbell acquired it. This image was stitched from three frames.

A Swedish Saab JAS 39 Gripen runs through a display at the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, Britain, July 10. The Farnborough Airshow is in its second day.

A businessman looks at a U.S Airforce C-17 transport plane at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, southern England, on July 10. In the first two days, Boeing picked up an order for 100 aircraft valued at $9.2 billion.

A man walks beneath a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, southern England, on July 10. In the first two days, Boeing picked up an order for 100 aircraft valued at $9.2 billion. The U.S. manufacturer is set to sweep the event, with deals for at least 200 jets still pending.