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2021-10-14 Afghanistan
U.S. Air Force: 5 People Onboard Flight Out Of Afghanistan 'Intended To Hijack The Aircraft'
[DAILYWIRE] The U.S. Air Force revealed this week that they had received intelligence that five individuals who boarded a flight out of Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
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International Airport (HKIA) in Kabul back in August intended to hijack the aircraft and that U.S. forces had to quickly move to stop the situation from happening.

The revelation was made in a statement released by the Air Force:

As a steady stream of C-17s entered HKIA, PRTF personnel started tracking military and commercial flights into HKIA. "The data they were tracking was pivotal to managing airflow/airspace and requests for additional airlift support based on the numbers they got through the gates," [Lt. Col. Brian] Desautels said. On one occasion after they received an intel tip, five people onboard one of the commercial flights intended to hijack the aircraft. "Our team worked to get them clear of the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
ramp, relocated to the north side away from friendly forces, then ultimately onto the south side where the situation was handled," he said.

The statement also revealed that combat aircraft on the ground were about to be swarmed when they barely managed to take off on just "a sliver of remaining runway."

Posted by Fred 2021-10-14 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top
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#1 ...I'm going to ask that you all imagine what would have happened if five or six idiots had decided to face down an enraged USAF loadmaster. Who would have then backed up by as many of the cockpit crew who could get there. One way or another, people would have died.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-10-14 10:22||   2021-10-14 10:22|| Front Page Top

#2 We also had Intel of a planned attack at the airport gate where nothing was done about it and 13 US Troops died, hundreds of civilians were killed and injured. All of this after an alert was issued the day before of the impending attack.
Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-10-14 13:55||   2021-10-14 13:55|| Front Page Top

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