Ucom Aor News Today

Important mission. out of the ucom aor, 2,000 afghans will be transported to the united states. since august 20th, the ucom aor has received nearly 30,000 vulnerable afghans and evacuees. a good example of how were building out capacity as we execute this incredibly important mission, a flight from italy will fly to philadelphia international airport, the second u.s. onwardlowc location receive flights. as the general said in the briefing yesterday, our total capacity across multiple u.s. instal...

Afghanistan. every 39 minutes yesterday a plane departed kabul airport. these numbers are a testament to the hard working and brave service members carrying out this mission. in cooperation with the state department, i can also tell that you there are more than 10,000 people currently at this time at the airport awaiting departure. this is a snapshot in time and as we said yesterday, well continue to change as more people are able to come on to the airfield and as flights depart. as i said yeste...

Centcom and the ucom aors. weve been focused on building capacity while also rapidly processing and facilitating onward movement. it has been challenging to keep up with the flow, but we have made progress in caring for and safeguarding these vulnerable individuals and getting them moving onward. we are commitmented to doing more and to continue to expand and improve our facilities from adding shelter to additional sanitation, hand washing stations, refrigerator trucks providing cold water and t...