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Aug 30, 2021, 7 tweets

#BREAKING: The last #USAF aircraft left #Kabul International airport minutes ago. They are six C-17A transport aircraft with 07-7173, 08-8197, 07-7182, 07-7185, 07-7181 & 09-9211 serial numbers. 07-7173 with Moose88 call-sign was the last aircraft to leave #Afghanistan.

This RC-135W Rivet Joint SIGINT aircraft of #USAF serialled 62-4139 played important role in monitoring radio calls & telephone conversation of #ISILK & #Taliban terrorists as the last American troops from #USArmy 82nd Airborne Division were departing #Kabul, #Afghanistan.

Three KC-135R (58-0124, 60-0360 & 62-3554) & a KC-10A (83-0082) were the last #USAF tankers participating the Operation #AlliesRefuge by refueling a RC-135W SIGINT airplane, six C-17A heavy airlifters & two B-52H heavy bombers.

And this KC-135R with 63-7976 s/n is the last #USAF ranker leaving #Afghanistan's airspace during Operation #AlliesRefuge.

#USAF Lockheed AC-130W Stinger II gunship aircraft serialed 88-1302 & Boeing B-52H Stratofortress heavy bomber serialed 60-0026 were airborne over #Kabul airport when the last six C-17As carrying #USArmy troops departed & left #Afghanistan.

It seems the last KC-10A tanker leaving #Afghanistan's airspace during the Operation #AlliesRefuge is this one with 86-0029 serial number!

07-7182, the last C-17A of #USAF involved in Operation #AlliesRefuge is about to land in Ali Al-Salem Air Base in #Kuwait with 200 troops of #USArmy's 82nd Airborne Division.

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