Signaling end of mission

Senior Airman Elijah Turner, 911th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, signals the aircrew in a C-17 Globemaster III to stop in the designated parking spot on the flight line at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, Aug. 31, 2021. The parking of the aircraft signaled the end of the evacuation efforts in Afghanistan for members of the 911th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joshua J. Seybert)

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Senior Airman Elijah Turner, 911th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, watches as a C-17 Globemaster III taxis onto the flight line at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, Aug. 31, 2021. The aircraft and aircrew returned to Pittsburgh after taking part in the evacuation efforts in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joshua J. Seybert)

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Symbol of freedom and hope

Tech. Sgt. Nick Boswell, 911th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, holds a folded American flag in front of a C-17 Globemaster III at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, Aug. 31, 2021. The flag was hung in the cargo bay and flown in the aircraft during the evacuation missions in and out of Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joshua J. Seybert)

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Col. John F. Robinson, 911th Airlift Wing commander, talks with an aircrew member in a C-17 Globemaster III after the aircraft and aircrew returned home to the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, Aug. 31, 2021. The aircraft and aircrew had participated in the evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, one of the largest airlift missions in history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joshua J. Seybert)

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Mission complete

An aircrew member assigned to the 758th Airlift Squadron steps out of a C-17 Globemaster III onto the flight line at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, Aug. 31, 2021. The aircraft and aircrew returned to Pittsburgh after taking part in the evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, one of the largest airlift missions in history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joshua J. Seybert)

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Welcome back: Steel Airmen return from supporting Afghanistan evacuation

Published Sept. 1, 2021
By Joshua J. Seybert
911th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIR RESERVE STATION, Pa. --

Airmen assigned to the 758th Airlift Squadron returned via C-17 Globemaster III to the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, Aug. 31, 2021. The aircraft and aircrew returned to Pittsburgh after taking part in the evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, one of the largest airlift missions in history.

Signaling end of mission

Welcome back

Symbol of freedom and hope

Welcome home

Mission complete