A C-17 aircrew’s dramatic flights during the fall of Kabul

Roughly two hours after landing at Hamid Karzai International Airport on the afternoon of August 15, Major Thomas Sukut and the crew of a Boeing C-17A from the 6th Airlift Squadron, had an eerie feeling. The airport, nestled in the mountains of the Hindu Kush just over three miles from the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, was under attack. Part international commercial airport, part military airfield, Hamid Karzai’s ramp was littered with international airliners, coalition airlifters,...