Air Force Lt. Col. Alex Pelbath, 437th Operations Group, and Fox News journalist Bill Hemmer stand behind a C-17 Globemaster III and respond to a cameraman’s cue to start walking during an interview about Operation Allies Refuge at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Aug. 17, 2022. Over the course of 17 days, more than 30 nations and 800 aircraft evacuated 124,000 people from Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, bringing an end to the 20-year conflict.

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