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Explains the commander colonel adrian williams. >> its enormous. it is such a huge humanitarian mission. weve gone from 75 passengers on board all the way up to 400. >> so as you can see behind me, thats a c-17 globe master. these are the flights that have been coming in and out of the air base. one just landed. what happens is passengers disembark. theyre brought by bus and the first person they meet is a uso imam. theyre welcomed to germany, to the base and then they proceed through medical ch...

Mission. serving as a haven for refugees fleeing the taliban. >> reporter: plane after plane carrying men, women, and children. evacuees who are part of the chaotic scramble to airlift people out of afghanistan following the talibans takeover. now, safe at the ramstein u.s. air base in germany, one of the biggest outside of the united states. soon, capable of taking in up to 7,500 people from this unprecedented airlift, explains 521st air mobility operations wing commander colonel adrian william...

Evening. they come very regularly. one after the other. there are already almost 2,000 evacuees that have been settled here. more are arriving. now, the capacity here at the moment is 5,000. that could grow to 7,500. clearly, there is the need for that. but as was pointed out in that presser, it takes time to get all the facilities up and running. what we went into the base earlier today, we saw a flight arriving, and it is heartbreak to see the people arriving. they have smiles on their faces, ...

Indian Air Force set for first-ever drill in strategic Persian Gulf region SECTIONS Share Synopsis The IAF on Wednesday will dispatch six Sukhoi-30MKI fighters, two C-17 Globemaster-III aircraft and around 125 personnel for the high-voltage “Desert Flag” exercise, which will see participation of air forces from the US, France, South Korea, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Indian Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster (C) flies in formation with Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighters on the first day of the Aero...

All sides involved. so much controversy. and now we know that on the sidelines of the west point graduation ceremony, yes, the father emir of qatar was there to mark this young mans proud graduation, and what that means for his nation and the ties between our nations. but he had also been there talking to president obama about something very intrepid that was about to happen within the next 48 hours. so that west point graduation ceremony was on wednesday of last week. right? on friday morning, ...

It is the final leg of a journey home for a group of american patriots. u.s. troops wounded in afghanistan. after a stopover at a military hospital in germany, they are flying back to the u.s. for medical treatment. in most cases its only been a few days since they were injured on the battlefield. our barbara starr is on board the air force c-17 globe master and she talked with some of them, giving us an exclusive and inspiring look at their journey home. >> this is what its really all about in ...

It is the final leg of a journey home for a group of american patriots. u.s. troops wounded in afghanistan. after a stopover at a military hospital in germany, they are flying back to the u.s. for medical treatment. in most cases its only been a few days since they were injured on the battlefield. our barbara starr is on board the air force c-17 globe master and she talked with some of them, giving us an exclusive and inspiring look at their journey home. >> this is what its really all about in ...

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