Jan. 20, 2023 A ‘not-so-routine’ operation Aug. 26, 2021 was a terrible day of bloodshed and destruction near Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, when a suicide bomber killed an estimated 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members.
Aug. 18, 2022 Operation Allies Refuge: One year later One year ago, the U.S. Air Force performed the largest non-combatant evacuation operation in U.S. history, Operation Allies Refuge, which saw to the successful evacuation of 124,334 individuals from Afghanistan.
July 1, 2022 Final days in Afghanistan: Lab techs stepped up to support withdrawal It was a hot summer afternoon last year in Kabul, Afghanistan, when Air Force Master Sgt. Grace Hodge, lab services section chief at David Grant Air Force Medical Center, in Fairfield, California, heeded an emergency call for all hands on deck.
March 15, 2022 Medic team supports mission welcoming Afghan allies In late August 2021, the Department of Defense issued a call for volunteers to support Operation Allies Welcome, the federal government’s effort to safely resettle Afghan refugees. Within a month, three medics from the 162nd Wing’s medical group answered that call.
Sept. 28, 2021 In-flight medical care key enabler to Afghan evacuation mission It’s not surprising the emergent, humanitarian nature of the Non-combatant Evacuation Operation out of Afghanistan created a need for medical care outside routine Aeromedical Evacuation missions.
Sept. 14, 2021 Saving lives and starting lives: Medical efforts in Operation Allies Refuge The medical Pods at the temporary Joint Mobility Processing Center at Ramstein, Air Base, German, are just the first stop for medical care for newly arrived evacuees during Operation Allies Refuge.