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Evacuees from Afghanistan board a commercial aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 7, 2021. Civil Reserve Air Fleet aircraft are being used for the onward movement of evacuees from temporary safe havens and interim staging bases. (Tech. Sgt. Aaron Luetzen/Air Force)

The Air Force evacuated 124,000 people from Afghanistan, but its work still isn’t done

The U.S. Air Force is pivoting from orchestrating the massive exodus of over 124,000 Afghans and Americans from a country once again under Taliban rule, to a quieter role helping even more people leave on commercial and privately organized flights.

By Rachel S. Cohen

18 months ago

TRANSCOM boss vows to ramp up what is already one of the largest airlift operations in history

“My commitment is to ensure that airlift is never the constraint in this operation.”

By Rachel S. Cohen

19 months ago

What happens if the Air Force’s command center for all its tankers and cargo planes gets hacked?

Here's what happened after the network shut down.

By Valerie Insinna

3 years ago

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