Roll of Honor
Incident
Senior Airman Kcey Ruiz and Senior Airman Nathan Sartain were killed in a plane crash while providing mobile security for a flight of U.S. Air Force personnel and military contractors at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan.
The C-130 transport plane crashed 28 seconds after takeoff, killing all 11 people on board and three people on the ground.
Today I received Senior Airman Ruiz’s name for the Bataan Virtual Challenge for Memories of Honor. I am honored to be honoring her for this memorial event. You are not forgotten.
Anonymous July 12th, 2021
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Senior Airman Ruiz gave the United States Air Force Security Forces 2 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, sister.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Kcey Elena Ruiz served in the U.S. Air Force (2013â2015) before joining law enforcement.
Senior Airman Kcey Elena Ruiz is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In TX, 657 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At United States Air Force Security Forces, 28 of 41 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 68.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kcey Elena Ruiz's cause is highlighted.
How Kcey Elena Ruiz Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Kcey Elena Ruiz is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
Military Service
Kcey Elena Ruiz served in the U.S. Air Force (2013–2015) before joining law enforcement.
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