Pentagon Identifies 2 Airmen Killed in Afghanistan

By Published on August 27, 2015

The Pentagon on Thursday announced the names of the two U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan earlier this week supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.

Air Force Capt. Matthew D. Roland, 27, of Lexington, Ky. and Staff Sgt. Forrest B. Sibley, 31, of Pensacola, Fla. were killed Wednesday when an individual in an Afghan military uniform opened fire on their vehicle.

Coalition forces returned fire and the individual, along with another person wearing an Afghan military uniform, were wounded.

They were traveling near Camp Antonik in Helmand Province.

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