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I've been wondering aloud for days what our final minutes in Kabul would look like. Excellent piece by Tara Copp of Defense News.
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Inside the Final Hours at Kabul Airport
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Afghanistan
Kabul
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War on Terror
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Minutes later the last order on the mIRC chat checklist was directed: “Flush the force.”
With that message, the five Globemasters taxied and completed take-off in under 10 minutes.
At precisely 11:59 p.m. Aug. 30 Kabul time, the final C-17 got off the ground, McKenzie said.
Before the aircraft departed, Donohue sent a final message over mIRC chat: “Job well done, I’m proud of you all.”
An hour later, McKenzie appeared on the big video screen of the Pentagon’s press briefing room.
“Every single U.S. service member is now out of Afghanistan,” he said.
With that message, the five Globemasters taxied and completed take-off in under 10 minutes.
At precisely 11:59 p.m. Aug. 30 Kabul time, the final C-17 got off the ground, McKenzie said.
Before the aircraft departed, Donohue sent a final message over mIRC chat: “Job well done, I’m proud of you all.”
An hour later, McKenzie appeared on the big video screen of the Pentagon’s press briefing room.
“Every single U.S. service member is now out of Afghanistan,” he said.
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The picture has been all over the place, but the story is why I posted this. I still wish I had a picture of what the security perimeter looked like over the final hour.
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