Category: Evacuation Flight

Italy Expects Last Evacuation Flight out of Afghanistan on Friday

August 27, 2021
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ROME—The Italian government expects its last evacuation flight to leave Afghanistan later on Friday, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told reporters. “In the next few hours the last C-130 plane will depart from Kabul airport,” Di Maio said after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Rome. Italian military planes have taken over 4,800 Afghans…

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Baby Born on Afghanistan Evacuation Flight Named After Aircraft Call Sign

August 25, 2021
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A baby girl who was born on a U.S. evacuation plane out of Afghanistan on Aug. 21 has been named after the call sign of the aircraft, the head of U.S. European Command told reporters on Aug. 25. “We’ve had further conversations with the mom and the dad of the baby,” Gen. Tod Wolters, who…

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Girl Born on Afghanistan Evacuation Flight Named After Plane’s Call Sign

August 25, 2021
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Washington—The Afghan baby girl born on a C-17 military aircraft during an evacuation flight from Afghanistan will forever carry that experience with her. Her parents have named her after the plane’s call sign—Reach. The head of U.S. European Command told reporters Wednesday that officials had spoken to the mother and father of the child, who…

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