Honoring Fallen hero SrA Elizabeth A. Loncki

Dover Del. A former New Castle resident was one of three airmen killed Sunday in a bomb blast near Baghdad, the Pentagon said Monday.

Senior Airman Elizabeth A. Loncki, 23, died after her explosive ordnance disposal team was targeted by a car bomber near Al-Mahmudiyah, her family said. She is the first woman from Delaware to die in combat in Iraq.

Also killed in the blast were Tech. Sgt. Timothy R.