From left to right, Airlift/Tanker Association Treasurer Retired Colonel John Strube, Air Mobility Command Commander Gen. Mike Minihan, Ground Training NCOIC SSgt. Morgan Reed, and Air Mobility Wing Commander Col. John Poole, break ground for a new monument honoring Operation Allies Refuge on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Aug. 28, 2024. Operation Allies Refuge was the largest non-combatant evacuation mission in history, evacuating 124,000 people, 79,000 of which were Afghan citizens, from Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jacob Silva-Dreyer)
Date Taken: | 08.28.2024 |
Date Posted: | 09.09.2024 15:23 |
Photo ID: | 8625602 |
VIRIN: | 240828-F-GH679-1094 |
Resolution: | 5729x3812 |
Size: | 15.21 MB |
Location: | SCOTT AFB, ILLINOIS, US |
Web Views: | 5 |
Downloads: | 1 |
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