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Old 08-16-2021, 04:00 PM   #173
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Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium View Post
So, it was actually 640 people - still impressive.


"The C-17, using the call sign Reach 871, was not intending to take on such a large load, but panicked Afghans who had been cleared to evacuate pulled themselves onto the C-17’s half-open ramp, a video posted late Sunday showed.

Instead of trying to force those refugees off the aircraft, “the crew made the decision to go,” a defense official told Defense One. “Approximately 640 Afghan civilians disembarked the aircraft when it arrived at its destination,” one defense official said."
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/20...aliban/184563/
Lol at the guy standing in the back looking like a disapproving father of 870.
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