Air Force Lt. Col. Alex Pelbath, 437th Operations Group, and Fox News journalist Bill Hemmer stand behind a C-17 Globemaster III while speaking about Operation Allies Refuge at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Aug. 17, 2022. This August marks the first anniversary of the largest non-combatant evacuation operation in history, with nearly 800 aircraft from more than 30 nations evacuating 124,000 people from Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, over 17 days.

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