C17 carries 823 out of Afghanistan - Air Crew makes critical decision

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glen

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Air crew member: “our 640 number was a little underestimated, we actually carried 823 out.”
lol…in the old days this decision process was called field expedient. Air craft commander is Citadel 2002 grad, Romeo Company and NCAA football player…go Romeo.

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Military evacuation flight shown in photo packed with Afghans carried a record number of people | CNN Politics

The US military cargo plane whose hold was filled with Afghans evacuating their country captured in a now famous photo flew more than 800 people on board, far more than originally confirmed by the US Air Force, according to the crew who flew the mission.
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The reservists do a great deal of phenomenal support missions out of Charleston. Great job by the reservist crew from Charleston! There were some great crew members on board from University of South Carolina as well—Go Gamecocks!
Amazing work by an amazing team!
 
glen said:
The Air Crew and plane are from the 436th Air Lift Wing Air Mobility Wing, based at Dover Delaware.

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Sorry, Air Mobility Command not wing. The 436th is the host command at the base here in Delaware.
 
glen said:
The Air Crew and plane are from the 436th Air Lift Wing Air Mobility Wing, based at Dover Delaware.

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The aircrew is assigned to the 6th Airlift Squadron at McGuire AFB, New Jersey but are deployed to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Al Udied AB, Qatar.
 
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