Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying to …
2021年8月16日 · A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III safely evacuated some 640 Afghans from Kabul late Sunday, according to U.S. defense officials and photos obtained by Defense One.
Fact check: Air Force C-17 seen in video at Kabul airport was real
2021年8月20日 · Evacuations started on Aug. 14, a day before Taliban fighters seized Kabul, according to Army Maj. Gen. William Taylor. Videos of a U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane have since gone viral, showing...
Air Force: C-17 Crew Not at Fault in Deaths of Afghan Civilians ...
2022年6月13日 · The crew of a C-17 did nothing to cause the deaths of Afghan civilians who tried to cling to the jet when it took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport in August 2021, the Air Force said June 13. Civilians fell off the aircraft, and remains were found in its landing gear well when it landed at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.
Air Force C-17 crew awarded for flying record 823 people out of …
2022年11月4日 · Just over a year after taking off with an unprecedented 823 evacuees aboard their C-17 transport jet, the crew of callsign Reach 871 has received one of the U.S. military’s highest decorations in...
Afghans are clinging to US military aircraft to escape the Taliban
2021年8月16日 · As the U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster II climbed into a perfectly blue sky, two black dots fell away from the plane. These were two Afghans who were so desperate to escape the Taliban’s advance...
Packed C-17 Cargo Jet Out Of Kabul Actually Had 823 People …
2021年8月20日 · The U.S. Air Force has corrected the record about just how many Afghan evacuees a heroic aircrew out of Dover Air Force Base in Delaware packed onto their C-17A Globemaster III in Kabul on Sunday night.
C-17 Crew That Rescued 823 From Afghanistan Awarded …
2022年11月4日 · Ten Airmen, including the C-17 crew who flew a record-breaking 823 people to safety during the noncombatant evacuation out of Afghanistan last August, received the Distinguished Flying Cross on Nov. 1.
C-17: The US military plane carrying Afghans to safety - BBC
2021年8月22日 · On 15 August, as the Taliban entered the Afghan capital, Kabul, a US Air Force plane safely evacuated 823 Afghan citizens - including 183 children. The number was a record for the Boeing C-17...
USAF confirms passenger record for C-17 flight out of Kabul
2021年8月20日 · The United States Air Force confirmed that a single Boeing C-17 transport aircraft evacuated over 800 people out of Kabul, Afghanistan, describing it as a record. On August 15, 2021, as thousands of people were trying to flee Kabul after the Taliban entered the city, reports emerged of a C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft with
Kabul Evacuation Flight Sets C-17 Record With 823 On Board
2021年8月20日 · The Aug. 15 C-17 evacuation flight from Kabul set a new record—by far—for the number of passengers carried on a Globemaster III flight at 823 people, a dramatic rise from the initially reported number on the flight.