Fact check: Air Force C-17 seen in video at Kabul airport was real
Aug 20, 2021 · 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...
Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying to …
Aug 16, 2021 · 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.
Air Force C-17 crew awarded for flying record 823 people out of …
Nov 4, 2022 · 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...
Air Force: C-17 Crew Not at Fault in Deaths of Afghan Civilians ...
Jun 13, 2022 · 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.
USAF Investigating Remains Discovered on C-17 After Leaving Kabul
Aug 17, 2021 · The Air Force is investigating the events that led to a C-17 taking off with civilians clinging to its landing gear then falling to their deaths as the aircraft left Kabul, Afghanistan, amid a chaotic scene Aug. 16.
Airmen cleared of wrongdoing in deaths of Afghans who mobbed C-17 …
Jun 13, 2022 · The C-17 had arrived with equipment to support the humanitarian airlift, but was surrounded by hundreds of Afghan civilians who had breached the airport. The jet taxied through the crowd and...
C-17: The US military plane carrying Afghans to safety - BBC
Aug 22, 2021 · 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...
Kabul Evacuation Flight Sets C-17 Record With 823 On Board
Aug 20, 2021 · 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.
The story behind this stunning evacuation photo | CNN
Aug 17, 2021 · CNN's Brianna Keilar breaks down the story behind one of the most defining images of the evacuation effort in Afghanistan: refugees packed in the cargo hold of a C-17 plane as it leaves the...
C-17: The US military plane carrying Afghans to safety
Aug 22, 2021 · 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...