Afghan Airlift To Shape Air Force Doctrine, Future Operations

Brian Everstine October 07, 2021
Air Force C-5M airlifter
Air Force C-5Ms, like the one pictured here at Yokota AB, Japan, have surged to fly more missions as C-17s take a break for maintenance following the U.S. airlift out of Afghanistan.
Credit: Yasuo Osakabe/U.S. Air Force 374th Airlift Wing
The U.S. Air Force’s mobility community is resetting after the largest airlift in its history, and the service is looking to glean how the gigantic, short-notice effort will shape future operations. “Any time you undertake something as significant as this [noncombatant evacuation]—where we moved, in...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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