US military identifies soldier killed disarming a drone in Iraq as a 30-year-old from North CarolinaWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Tuesday identified a soldier who was killed while disarming an Iranian drone in Iraq as a 30-year-old from North Carolina. Michael Emmanuel Swinton of Fayetteville during a controlled detonation on Sunday at an air base in Irbil in northern Iraq. He enlisted in the Army in 2017, and was assigned to the 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Gen. John L. Dawber, commanding general of the Army Air and Missile Defense Command. Two U.S. Army soldiers were killed in Jordan while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks on Friday.