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Mhm October 30 marked the end of the

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largest humanitarian airlift mission in

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history . The final flight carrying

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Afghan evacuees to the United States

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from Ramstein Air Base departed Germany

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exactly 71 days after the first flights

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from Afghanistan began arriving at the

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installation At the height of the

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evacuation . Approximately 21,000

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evacuees were awaiting onward travel

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from Ramstein and Rhine Ordnance

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Barracks . With nearly 35,000 evacuees

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total process during the operation over

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the past two months , approximately

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6500 U . S . Air Force airman , US Army

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soldiers and NATO allies from the

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Kaiserslautern military community and

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other military installations provided

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direct support to the humanitarian

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airlift mission . Yeah , yeah .