Indy airman killed in Afghanistan

POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. (AP) - The military says a North Carolina-based airman has been killed in Afghanistan.

The Department of Defense said Wednesday that Senior Airman Ashton L. M. Goodman of Indianapolis died Tuesday near Bagram Air Field from wounds she sustained from an improvised explosive device. The 21-year-old was assigned to the 43rd Logistics Readiness Squadron at Pope Air Force Base.

Goodman is the fourth airman based at Pope Air Force Base that has been killed in action since Sept. 11, 2001.