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Nellis Air Force Base: Service member dies after incident at a UT San Antonio game

Oct 18, 2026, 5:23 AM | Updated: 7:32 am

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — A service member was injured and later died after an incident at the University of Texas at San Antonio football game on Saturday.

Nellis Air Force Base Public Affairs issued a statement saying that the service member — assigned to the 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2 — was injured at the stadium and died at a local hospital.

UTSA was playing Navy at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

The incident is under investigation.

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Nellis Air Force Base: Service member dies after incident at a UT San Antonio game