OregonLive.com is reporting that a U.S. Air Force Airman from Umatilla died Tuesday in a non-combat incident in northern Syria.
According to OregonLive.com, the Department of Defense announced late Wednesday that Staff Sgt. Austin Bieren, 25, was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, whose goal is to eliminate the Islamic State.
Bieren was assigned to the 21st Space Wing at Colorado’s Peterson Air Force Base, the department said in a news release.
His Facebook page states he lived in Colorado Springs, where the base is located.
