Aug. 17, 2022 Operation Allies Refuge: One year later One year ago, the U.S. Air Force performed the largest non-combatant evacuation operational in U.S. history, Operation Allies Refuge, which saw to the successful evacuation of 124,334 individuals from Afghanistan.
Oct. 19, 2021 ’We understood we were doing something important;’ 62nd AW Airman details involvement in Operation Allies Refuge “I have answered my Nation’s call.” That is a line from the Airman’s Creed that all U.S. Airmen have memorized, repeated countless times and been dedicated to honoring. When the orders came down to evacuate thousands of military personnel, civilians and millions of pounds of cargo from Afghanistan
Sept. 15, 2021 Task Force-Holloman sets up, sustains support for Afghan evacuees HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Most Americans have heard that the United States is taking at-risk Afghan evacuees out of Afghanistan and bringing them to multiple safe haven military bases to process and integrate them into American society.Holloman AFB was one of the last bases to be tasked by