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Am. it is a big pleasure not only for me but for all those that were in uzbekistan. >> reporter: on top of those afghan air force personnel who have thonow gotten out of uzbekistan there, are 140 more in other countries. general hicks is tracking their case as well and told us that processing on them has started. between those two countries, around 60 planes and helicopters were flown out of afghanistan. what will happen to them remains unclear, but thanks to those pilots the taliban will not get their hands on them. a alex marquardt, cnn, washington. >> just thrilling that they could get out ...

Something that may happen. it is something that is happening right now. so time is of the essence. >> those concerns weighing on the pilots. >> if taliban understand that our families, parents, are in afghanistan, they will catch them until we show up. >> since many have already been to the u.s. for training and fought so closely with american forces, the visa process is expected to go smoothly. which would be a huge relief for the men who are forced to dramatically flee their native country and start life in a new one. >> i can't explain how happy i am. and it's a big pleasure not only for me...

>> if taliban understand that our families, parents, are in afghanistan, they will catch them until we show up. >> reporter: since many have already been to the u.s. for training and fought so closely with american forces, the visa process is expected to go smoothly. which would be a huge relief for the men who are forced to dramatically flee their native country and start life in a new one. >> i can't explain how happy i am. and it's a big pleasure not only for me but for all that were in uzbekistan. >> on top of the afghan air force personnel who have gotten out of uzbekistan, there are stil...

Across the borders. they feared had they would be sent back where the taliban is hunting for them. >> there were so many rumors that the uzbekistan government will send us back. so everyone was afraid and everyone was worried about that. >> reporter: we've spoken with afghan pilots themselves and american veterans working to get them to the united states. including retired general david hicks who led the training of afghan pilots in the u.s. and has criticized the state department for moving too slowly. >> the problem was there started to become members that wanted to go back to afghanistan be...