relationship inside the air force, we now are a message to tell what we need to do to win tomorrow that could be summarized in our mission statement. mission of the united states air force -- airpower, any time, anywhere. not sometime and some places, it is any time, anywhere. if modernize our future air force would rise airpower on the land and at sea, we will continue to answer our nation's call regardless of the operational environment. we are the only service that provides our joint teammates, our allies and partners the insurance of superiority, the advantage of a -- and the agility of mobility. and you can combine with that the air force's capabilities with control which provide the ability to make sense. that's what we do today. and what we must be prepared to do tomorrow. our future force must be agile, resilient and connected to ensure tomorrow matters and continue to generate effects any time anywhere. we worked hard to develop an enterprise to answer our nation's call. to ten sure airpower is decisive in 2030. and emphasize investment in future capability from the seven fighter platforms we had today to what we call a four plus one as we look forwar

in this light, i question the rate of change for our united states air force. end is near. look out -- competition, i would submit the time for change is now. and the duty, to modernize the united states air force to meet the challenges of tomorrow lands upon my shoulders and the shoulders of this generation. next month as many of you know marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11. one of the most tragic days in america's history. many of us can remember where we were at the time on that particular day. me personally, i was deployed. i was in saudi arabia as a deployed fighter squad commander and i was not flying that day. i was the super razor -- our top three in the squadron. and it was our intel, officer came to me that an aircraft had hit the world trade center. and so i was thinking it was a light aircraft having seen that happen before. but had no idea it was a civilian airliner and one of several that would hit several locations across the united states. and i will tell you that i was there for that but i also was there for the kickoff of the still deployed when operation --

. >>> next, united states air force patrick charles talks about the history of the nra, including changes in gun control and views on the second amendment this interview was recorded at the annual historical association meeting. >> patrick charles is a former marine and the author of the book "armed in america, a history of gun rights." thanks for being with us on c-span 3. how did the organization come about and why? >> well, they came about after the civil war where there's poor marketing by officers during it the war so two officers decided to form the nra for two purposes. one is to facilitate, build and grow long-range rifle ranges and assist markmanship. the florida initial sale so you know was kind of working to get appropriations from government, and they started off with one organization. they grew to 1,700 by 1929. they also are just so you know built on -- there was an enlish national rifle association, and they were -- this supposed to be the american version. the only thing that really differentiated the two to start off with was that you could start or build a rifle club loc

air force fighter pilot. it's it's my dream to watch that young child goal reach be a u.s. citizen and fly united states air force fighters. enter force. >> the other 2 babies were delivered at overseas military hospitals operated by the the u.s. army in germany. the general added all 3 babies are doing well. they're healthy. >> we spoke with bay area. congressman john garamendi earlier today he serves on the armed forces committee. and according to the congressman in these attacks were anticipated, but there was hope that they would not be carried out. he also says he doesn't believe anyone expected the total collapse of the afghan government. representative garamendi ys interview first aired live on our digital streaming app kron on. you can watch the entire interview there right now. now the taliban is not in control. and regardless of who is responsible for the bloodied terror attacks in kabul. we can expect some more of the same. so says a south bay educator and terror expert with firsthand experience in afghanistan. he spoke with kron four's, fladeboe today who brings us this report. >> and so we

air force chiefs of staff general vandenberg. commander of the airlift task force raced. yes, they look this over. this guy masters from the pacific from the caribbean to the united statesce crews had been alerted. beat 54th cannot move without a throttle junkie. we pulled the troop characters each able to lift ten tenths of a cold and food in peacetime is carefully as it carried 55 men in wartime. we were ordered in our country was proud of its air force. a nation of mercy and international significance. some of this came in the american zone when air force base. you don't those trucks were waiting for us. transportation did a colossal job. we dug down in a hurry to give them a lift. much more organized. somehow it all goes into airplanes. the biggest item is coal for the utility. suck up biggest item then madison every ounce of cargo was checked. of course it was g.i. and milk for the innocent sufferers of every disaster, the kids. president inspections played dividends, maximum number of ships on the drive. set up in germany england and in texas usa. proxima gulf and east coast the u.s. navy brought an approximate 12 million gallons of aviation fuel to germany every

air force chiefs of staff general vandenberg. commander of the airlift task force raced. yes, they look this over. this guy masters from the pacific from the caribbean to the united statesce crews had been alerted. beat 54th cannot move without a throttle junkie. we pulled the troop characters each able to lift ten tenths of a cold and food in peacetime is carefully as it carried 55 men in wartime. we were ordered in our country was proud of its air force. a nation of mercy and international significance. some of this came in the american zone when air force base. you don't those trucks were waiting for us. transportation did a colossal job. we dug down in a hurry to give them a lift. much more organized. somehow it all goes into airplanes. the biggest item is coal for the utility. suck up biggest item then madison every ounce of cargo was checked. of course it was g.i. and milk for the innocent sufferers of every disaster, the kids. president inspections played dividends, maximum number of ships on the drive. set up in germany england and in texas usa. proxima gulf and east coast the u.s. navy brought an approximate 12 million gallons of aviation fuel to germany every

air force fighter pilot. it's it's my dream to watch that young child goal reach be a u.s. citizen and fly united states force fighters. enter force. >> the 2 other babies were delivered in a u.s. army hospital in germany and the general says all 3 of the babies are healthy. >> now to the east bay and former afghan refugees are collecting donations to help the people who've been forced to flee their country with just the clothes on their backs. kron four's. we've reports from hayward where the afghan community is stepping up to help. >> time is of the essence of ghani's seeking asylum in the bay area need help. and in all of branch has been extended in hayward my heart. can my people in this situation especially since belt. he dee dee and her family were in the same position 35 years ago. people forced to flee their home country during the soviet invasion left the house they left long is and and they don't have nothing. i just that's why we want to all that much. a d d and others in the community stopping by them as jury mosque in hayward thursday donating new clothes shoes toys and other items that wil

the greatest logistical organizations on the planet, which is the united states military and, in particular, the united states air forcefor the united states military or served the united states occupation. that is a moral floor that is functioning as a moral ceiling. working with the united states should not be a condition of acceptance by american refugee admissions people. >> and for someone who came to the united states as an asylum seeker, what is your message to the biden administration on how it can best help the people of afghanistan, especially afghan refugees? >> well, thank you for your question. i'm one of those that, since 2016, i came to america. and unfortunately, i have been actually waiting to get my residency and i'm not even a resident, yet. and what i am thinking about is afghans need help, especially the families that they are losing their childs, their girls. and i hope there will be a process at least. there wouldn't be, like, if you work for america, you were the only one gonna go get help. there is so many other afghans that they are afraid of their life and they just look for peaceful place to

s. transportation coming in the earlier provided by the united states air force. no other military in the world is anything like it. i'd also like to think the host nations that have generously provided access to their facilities for the processing the care and feeding of our evacuation. i also need to acknowledge the temporary suffering the summer of our evacuation had to endure. please know that we continue to execute our number one mission, which is to get as many american citizens and other evacuees as possible out of afghanistan. we also continue to expand the capacity and are in immediate facilities to ensure safe sanitary and humane conditions for evacuation. while continuing to look for ultimate ways to expedite their processing, an ultimate transfer to the united states or other destinations. i'd like to close out my remarks today by just taking a moment to describe the heroism that our marines, soldiers, and sailors are exhibiting. as they screen the people who are coming onto the airfield. this is close up or the breath of the person you are searching i

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the greatest logistical organizations on the planet, which is the united states military, and in particular the united states air forcethe idea that -- what the biden administration is doing is helping get out afghans who worked for the united states military or served the united states occupation that is a moral floor that is functioning as a moral ceiling working with the united states should not be a condition of acceptance by american refugee admissions people. >> seth: that's exactly right. taking in as many afghan refugees as want to come here and granting them asylum is the bare minimum we can do and we should be doing it as fast as possible and we have the logistical capability to do it. i know it's not the same, but when i got my vaccine at a fema site, i was in and out in 20 minutes with a shot in my arm and a cdc card, that for some reason doesn't fit in my wallet. and i know today probably isn't the right time to plug a product, but i'm excited to announce "my wallet," the new awkwardly sized wallet, built specifically to hold your vaccine card "my wallet," order now to receive a free pair of "my weird pan

>> i thi that president bidn said he was also going to go up against the united states air force request$10 billion to enable over the horizon attacks, that would have been the kind of political courage that we need to see. we need a president who will stand up to the military contracting companies that make billions by marketing their weapons, and say "we are done with all of it." that is the political courage we need. amy: and the over horizon attacks, for people who are not familiar with the term, what it means, how the u.s. is set up to tack -- attack afghanistan from outside? >> the 10 latinos u.s. air force request will go to maintaining both drone surveillance and that type drone capacity unmanned aircraft capacity in kuwait and the united arab emirates and qatar and in an aircraft in the middle of the ocean. this will always make it possible for the united states to continue to attack often people who aren't the intended victims and also to say to every other country in the region, we are still here. and because thank you, kathy, for being with us. -- amy: thank you, kathy, for b

now they're also getting 20 more doctors and nurses and respiratory therapist, from the united states air forceniversity of mississippi medical center in jackson this weekend. 20 army medical personnel headed to north mississippi medical center in tupelo. you will recall this is not the first federal help that mississippi as receive. they also got a federal d disaster medical assistant team from health and human services, to set up in staff a field hospital in the parking garage, at the university medical center in jackson. now in addition to that, they have these air force and army personnel arriving to provide further help. there are three vaccines, that have been in use in the united states for months now. pfizer, moderna and johnson & johnson. before today, all three of those vaccines were approved under something called emergency use authorization. millions and millions of doses safely administered of all three vaccines. they've all proven to be effective, and keeping you from keeping you infected, if you still get infected they're very effective at reducing the chance of getting dangerous

he is the assistant professor otstrategy at the united states air force's e school of graduate professional military education. where he directs courses on air power, history, and national strategy. he recently published an article, the t-ball solution, the evolution of air combat technology in vietnam, 1968-1972. in the air power history journal, and is currently writing a book that explores the relationship between pilot culture and the technological development of military aircraft. he earned his ph.d. from kansas state university, with his dissertation, the cult of the lightweight fighter, culture and technology in the u.s. air force, 1964-1991. ladies and gentlemen, please help me in welcoming dr. michael hankins. >>> all right. i will try to not keep you from the reception and i'll be quick. i did want to start off by talking about something that happened about a year ago last june in 2017. there was an air force f-15 flying over syria. this is not what you expected to hear in a world war i lecture, but stay with me. an f-15 is flying over syria and shoots down an iranian drone, an un

so the first person who is sent out onto the tarmac to greet them is a united states air force imam, a muslim chaplain to tells them you're in germany, you're at an american military base and you are safe. i want to update viewers on traumatic footage they may have seen earlier. a united states marine reaching over the razor wire atop the wall at kabul airport to scoop up an afghan baby being held aloft by its desperate parents in the crowd below. the marines say that baby is safe and well. it was treated inside the airport, and has been reunited with its family. now president biden yesterday speaking from the white house said both american citizens and afghan allies need to get themselves to the airport in order to be evacuated. the u.s. military cannot go out into kabul, or further abroad, to pick them up. but that is proving more difficult than it first appeared. we're learning the u.s. military was actually forced to send three chinook helicopters over the walls of the airport to a hotel nearby to rescue 169 americans who were stuck there. that group of americans did make it to t

transportation command and the air lift provided by the united states air force. no other military in the world has anything like it. i'd also like to thank the host nations that have generally provided access to their facilities for the care of evacuees. i also acknowledge the temporary suffering some of our evacuees have had to endure. we continue to execute our number one mission, which is to get as many evacuees and citizens out of afghanistan. we also extend the capacity at our intermediate facilities to ensure safe, sanitary and humane conditions for our evacuees while continuing to look for ways to expedite their processing to the united states and other destinations. i'd like to close by taking a moment to describe the heroism that our marines, soldiers and sailors are exhibiting as they screen the people coming onto the airfield. this is closeup work. the breath of the person you are searching is upon you. while we have overwatch in place, we still have to touch the clothes of the person coming in. i think you all can appreciate the courage and dedication

transportation command and the airlift provided by the united states air force. no other military in the world has anything like it. i'd like to thank the host nations that have provided access to their facilities for the processing, the care and the feeding of our evacuees. i also need to acknowledge the temporary suffering that some of our evacuees have had to endure. know that we continue to execute our number 1 mission, which is to get as many american citizens and other evacuees as possible out of afghanistan. we also continue to expand the capacity at our intermediate facilities to ensure safe, sanitary and human conditions for our evacuees while continuing to look for ultimate ways to expedite the processing and transfer to the united states or other destinations. i'd like to close out my remarks today by taking a moment to describe the heroism that our marines, soldiers and sailors are exhibiting as they screen the people who are coming on to the air field. this is close up work. the breadth of the person you're searching is upon you. while we have overwa

. >>> next, united states air force patrick charles talks about the history of the nra, including changes in gun control and views on the second amendment this interview was recorded at the annual historical association meeting. >> patrick charl

without the amazing flexibility us transportation coming in and the airlift provided by the united states air force. no other military in the world has anything like it. i'd also like to thank the host nations that have generously provided access to their facilities for the processing the care and feeding of our evacuees. i also need to acknowledge the temporary suffering this summer of our evacuates have had to endure. please know that we continue to execute our number one mission which is to get as many american citizens and other evacuated as possible out of afghanistan. we also continue to expand the capacity at our intermediate facilities to ensure safe sanitary and humane conditions for evacuation while continuing to look for ultimate ways to expedite their processing and ultimate transfer to the united states or other destinations i'd like to close out my remarks today by just taking a moment to describe the heroism. our marines soldiers and sailors are exhibiting as they screen the people who are coming onto the airfield. this is close up work the breath of the person you are searching is u

would not have been done without the transportation command, and airlift provided by the united states air force no other military in the world has anything like it i would like to thank the host nations who have generously provided answers for the processing, care and feeding of our evacuees i also need to acknowledge the temporary suffering that some of our evacuees have had to endure. pleat knows we continue to e continue our mission, to get as many as possible out of afghanistan. we also continue to expand the capacity at our intermediate facilities to ensure safe, sanitary and humane conditions, while continues to look for alternate way to say expedite processing and ultimate transfer to the united states and order destinations i'd like to close out my remarks today by taking a moment to describe the heroism that our marines, soldiers and sailors are exhibiting, as they screen the people who are exhibiting on to the airfield. this is close-up work. the breath of the person -- while we have overwatch. we still have to touch the clothes of the person coming in. i think you can all appreciate

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i also believe in -- being a guy who has worked for several generals in the united states air force, not let the state department run the operation. that is how this fiasco developed. the strategic commanders of the united states military should be running the operation. when i watch all this develop, it is mind blowing. i do not understand why. host: go ahead and finish your thought. caller: i do not understand why any commander would give the authority to the state department to let them run this operation. host: in chicago, ralph, independent. caller: good morning. president eisenhower when he left office warned the american public about the military-industrial complex. as a vietnam veteran -- then we have 9/11 and wmd's that were never there that were based on another lie. now the one in afghanistan. people are making millions of dollars. osama bin laden shorted stocks prior to 9/11 and made millions of dollars knowing what was going to happen. host: as we wait to see the president in dover for the arrival of the fallen from that attack at the kabul airport, i want to show you wi

case in point the drinking water shortage for united states air force in 1959 and a drinking water source. that is the contaminated -- recently reported. sorry for my emotions. this land was transferred to my people without complete cleanup and removal of contaminants and debris and are life-threatening condition. this land were behind fish gather resources butcher our wales which is the most precious activity that we have our contaminated and need to be cleaned up. the cost to cleanup the contamination is astronomical but the impact on when human life i know for a fact that 80% of the family i know, i personally know subsist on contaminated sites from the national petroleum reserve of alaska and 80% of their families have passed away from cancer. this is a fact. this is a very devastating facts. the largest private landowners in alaska and challenges impede our environmentally sound economic development plans. we need to find a way to get rid of contaminants to allow us to primly disposed of -- it cost millions of dollars to ship them out of alaska. c mr. rexford kenny wrap up ear? the i

i also believe in -- being a guy who has worked for several generals in the united states air force, let the state department run the operation. that is how this fiasco developed. the strategic commanders of the united states military should be running the operation. when i watch all this develop, it is mind blowing. i do not understand why. host: go ahead and finish your thought. caller: i do not understand why any commander would give the authority to the state department to let them run this operation. host: in chicago, ralph, independent. caller: good morning. president eisenhower when he left office warned the american public about the military-industrial complex. as a vietnam veteran -- then we have 9/11 and wmd's that were never there that were based on another lie. now the one in afghanistan. people are making millions of dollars. osama bin laden shorted stocks prior to 9/11 and made millions of dollars knowing what was going to happen. host: as we wait to see the president in dover for the arrival of the fallen from that attack at the kabul airport, i want to show you with t

if the united states air force words -- were to bomb them back to the stone age, perhaps they would stopning all these cities of the democratically elected government of afghanistan. host: why do that versus more troops in afghanistan? caller: that's not a bad idea either but that's not what our elected officials want to do. they want to pull out the troops which is their prerogative if that's what they want to do. they were elected. biden and his secretary and secretary of state and company want to pull out the troops. i agree, i don't think it's a good idea. if they want to pull out the troops, just take thel advice of curtisemay. host: praise -- this is coming from the associated press that the taliban has captured the western capital of afghanistan. the pentagon announced they would send 3000 troops there to coordinate diplomatic staff at the embassy. it was the pentagon spokesperson talking about this new initiative from the biden administration. here it is from yesterday. >> the president has ordered the reduction of civilian personnel at our embassy in kabul and the acceleration o

air because the flag draped remains of the 13 fallen u.s. service members who were killed on thursday in afghanistan have now arrived back in the united states to dover air force delaware. earlier this morning, president biden and the first lady left the white house to meet with the family members and participate in what is known as a dignified transfer movement. the servicemen and women, 11 marines, one nave corpsman, and one u.s. army soldier, were killed when a suicide bomber detonated a suicide vest filled with explosives at the gate of the kabul airport. the u.s. military was there helping facilitate the evacuation of americans and afghans out of kabul in advance of president biden's august 31 deadline for u.s. troops to leave afghanistan. president biden said last night that it was highly likely another attack could take place in the next 24 to 36 hours. tensions could not be higher as we approach the final withdrawal deadline. this morning, u.s. officials confirm an airstrike was conducted against an isis-k planner in a vehicle believed to pose a threat to the airport. this of course follows another drone strike on friday night against an isis-k target.

seeks to harm the united states or attack our troops we will respond and that will never be in doubt there was an increasing call for the united states military to retake bog air forcease from last month critics of the president say we need bog room to help get people out. >> i believe we could have maintained it safely women 18 months with no casualties we could have maintained two runways. >> the latest numbers on the white house show 8800 people just under 9000 have been evacuated in the last day that brings the total since july when those evacuations took place 119,000 but no question the clock is ticking and the pressure is on. judge: right here on justice last saturday night my last guest said that. >> i am worried about an isis attack at the airport that could kill thousands of people including americans who are sitting ducks. if we don't change this plan quickly we will get a lot of people killed by isis, not the taliban. judge: senator graham joins me now. senator, those words were prescient. look where we are now. the attack by isis as far as i am concerned facilitated by the taliban it happened just as you predicted. and now there are thousands at the air

on top of them is the united states navy and air force. we have multiple squadrons of f-18s, av8s, f-16s, b-52s and mq9s. we have attack and left helicopters. we're working with our allies and partners through british infantry rifle country and special forces on the ground working with us. also turkish security force and other special operations forces. this force is capable of extracting a significant amount of people on u.s. air force aircraft. we're averaging 20 sortees every 24 hours. as the secretary said, we have already evacuated approximately 5,000 people and intend to increase it. in addition to the military air flow, there's commercial and charter flights taking out evacuees from various other countries and ngos. the military side of the air field is open and the civilian side is open and intend to keep them open for military, commercial and charter flights. one caveat is that the air for examples have to come in by visual flight rules only. the state department is working to rapidly increase the flow of passengers, available to

on top of them is the united states navy and air force. we have multiple squadrons of f-18s, av-8s, f-16s, ac-130s, b-52s and mq-9s. we have a significant amount of rotary wing aviation on the ground including attack and lift helicopters. in addition, we are working with our allies and partners that you our british infantry rifle companies along with british special forces on the ground working with us. there is also turkish security force and other international special operations forces. this force is capable of extracting a significant amount of people on u.s. air force aircraft. right now we're averaging about 20 sorties of c-17s every 24 hours. we have the capability of significantly increasing that through-put. as the secretary said, we've already evacuated approximately 5,000 people and we intend to increase it. in addition to the military air flow, there is a variety of commercial and charter flights taking out evacuees on behalf of various other countries and ngos. the military side of the airfield is open and the civilian side of

on top of them is the united states navy and air force. we have multiple squadrons of f-18s, 88s, f-16s, ac-130s, b-52s and mg9s. we have a significant number of rotary wick aviation on the ground including attack and lift helicopters. in addition, we're working with our allies and partners, with the british rivalry company along with british special forces on the ground working with us. there's also a turkish security force and other international special operations forces. this force is capable of extracting a significant amount of people on u.s. air force aircraft. right now we're averaging about 20 sortis of c-17s every 24 yourself hospital we have the capability to increase that through put as the department of state are make klebold. nrtd inner to the military area there oats charter plights tankering this on: the avilan sign is both open. one caveat on the air frames have to come in which notes only. the state department is work fog rapidly increase the flow of passenger able to get ow on the aircraft and we're supporting them at th

refugees are arriving by the thousands at the air force base in germany, that is where the air force is processing evacuees and sending many of them to the united states live with more for us. >> yes on this very moving day everything we are hearing on the ground in germany from kabul and elsewhere this being the last days of the u.s. war in afghanistan and possibly some of the most dangerous at cobble airport the last evacuation with desperate afghans continue and the numbers are way down, that is because the new terror threats in the u.s. deadline to leave on tuesday the u.s. troops are also being shipped out. look at what we saw at nearby ramstein airbase this weekend. >> despite of or because of the terrible explosions at the call the airport this past week the pace of evacuations at ramstein airbase in germany has picked up 20000 have arrived so far, 5000 have gone out. for safer climates. >> in the two days that we have been here we invited no flights of refugees coming in from kabul or elsewhere but five specially chartered u.s. commercial planes with refugees have left for the states yesterday and ten sent for today we don't have confirmation

at fdr's urging steinbeck traveled to air force bases around the united states to observe the training of pilots, navigators, puppeteers and gunners he wrote bombs away. meanwhile steinbeck passed his army physical but his request to officer rank and air force intelligence was denied made it difficult for him to secure the necessary passport papers from the wharton state departments for his travels as a correspondent. on june 3 covid 1943 steinbeck departed on a troop shift for england in the employ of the new york herald tribune. worktime dispatches 85 in total from england, north africa and sicily appeared in the herald tribune between june and december 1943 and was syndicated in newspapers all across the country except for oklahoma as well as in australia, new zealand, and south america. we have no other writers so likely to catch on paper the inner things people do not know about war. steinbeck been on the front lines for the invasion of italy pretty returned to new york in october 1933 with a burst eardrums, partial amnesia and ptsd. upon his return steinbeck in writing canterbury

air racer. what's unique is it's built by the united states to cull peat against the air forces of others who were there to win a prize the snider cup. so, this technology is built in the name of performance, making pursuit or fighter airplanes better. what results is a grand spectacle of aviation. military officers are getting in the airplanes. you will see ne'er in bloodless campaigns against each other. they're promoting their own branch of service to see if they can push the technology. so, it's a two-fold public relgdss and technical campaign they're waging. what results is an improvement in airplane technology. united states show up at the snider trophy competition. this is an international event created by french aviation industrialest to influence and develop c plane technology. but what the competition becomes and, even as early as the preworld war i era when it started, is it becomes a high stakes, high-speed competition between, first the national aviation clubs and the governments take over in the 1920s. so, this is the world's fastest airplane in the falloff 1925. this racer, with a y

i know that on july 1st, united states turned over the baghram air force base to the then sitting afghan government who then turned it over to the taliban. now the taliban will take this to say that there was no handshake on such a matter, we're leaving this to you, is semantics and optics only. that is essentially exactly what just happened. >> and the trouble from the taliban is that all of these people, you talked about more than 100,000 people that have been evacuated from afghanistan, presumably include a lot of the technicians and sort of the brain power of the afghan national government that collapsed. a lot of the people who were operating that country on a day-to-day basis and know how to do things like operate the airport and operate the security around the airport and all of the things of daily life in operating a major capital city all of the people presumably running that are now gone. so the taliban is going to be hard pressed to find qualified individuals to sit in those chairs and operate the airport in any kind of way that we're used to in the western world so the questi

the united states biggest humanitarian air lift is finished . foreign forces have left and the taliban is surveying territory. it hasn't howled into dick today without any doubt was the day of f janice, dan's independence when we don't see a single foreign soldier and whoever invaded this country without permission, we got rid of them. and this was a proud historical moment for us, but the celebration return fell flash cobble international when we drove from the civilian to the military side of the airport. we are very sad, believe me, after we saw the situation, we're hurt. this is where the americans vacated from last night. you can still see their planes. equipment helicopters here. the telephone was us here and last night they moved was one of joy celebration they were shooting in the sky. there were, there were fireworks. they were very happy that the americans had left. then they saw what was left behind disabled planes and helicopters after the la c, 17 transport plane took off. solomon aka was the 1st to enter the former us. the 1st thing was they were panicking in a hurry and