A three-day-old baby born to evacuee parents at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, receives phototherapy for a case of jaundice at 521st Air Mobility Operation Wing’s Hangar 5 prior to boarding a flight at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 2, 2021. Master Sgt. Steve Brooks shields her eyes from the sun. Brooks is a Religious Affairs Airman from the Alabama National Guard serving at Ramstein in support of Operation Allies Refuge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Tania Bryan)
“To everyone who is now offering or who will offer to welcome Afghan allies to their homes around the world, including in America: We thank you.”
– President Joe Biden
U.S. Airmen hand out meals to evacuees from Afghanistan as part of Operation Allies Refuge at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 27, 2021. Evacuees are provided temporary lodging, food, water and medical services while preparing for onward movements to other transient locations during Operation Allies Refuge. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Brecht)
“We will help these Afghan friends as they now turn to the task of beginning new lives in new places. We will provide these men, women, and children with temporary living spaces, medical care, and sustenance at military facilities at home and abroad. We will continue to support the interagency effort led by the Department of Homeland Security to screen them and to process some of them to lead new lives in America.”
– Secretary Lloyd Austin III, Secretary of Defense
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Staci Coleman, 7th Combat Weather Squadron commander, gives baby formula to children during Operation Allies Refuge at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 30, 2021. Volunteers work around the clock to support evacuees during their time at Ramstein while they wait for transportation to the United States and other safe locations. Ramstein Air Base transformed into U.S. European Command’s primary evacuation hub, supporting one of the largest, most complex humanitarian airlift operations in history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jennifer Zima)
“This is all about saving lives and giving these folks a chance to make a better tomorrow for themselves.”
– Brig. Gen. Josh Olson, 86th Airlift Wing commander
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jeffrey Tremel, Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency independent medical technician, examines an evacuee’s mouth at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 31, 2021. Ramstein provides safe, temporary lodging for evacuees from Afghanistan as part of Operation Allies Refuge operations over the course of the next several weeks. Medical technicians from various units within the European theater aided with providing medical care to evacuees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Slater)
“Today as we scan across Europe we have thousands of volunteers who are doing everything from helping with food items, helping with clothing, serving as counselors, helping to organize, serving and assisting with security. They are tremendous force multipliers for us. And they are helping to facilitate good order and discipline in the environment day in and day out.”
– Gen. Tod D. Wolters, Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe
A U.S. Air Force Airman plays with a baby after providing child care supplies during Operation Allies Refuge at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 31, 2021. Volunteers provided evacuees from Afghanistan with water, baby formula, diapers, hygiene products and other basic necessities while housed here. Ramstein Air Base transformed into U.S. European Command’s primary evacuation hub, supporting one of the largest, most complex humanitarian airlift operations in history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jennifer Zima)
“It’s been an amazing experience and example of the best part of humanity. Everyone is pitching in to take care of people and provide them hope. We see the goodness of people showing up here every single day.”
– Brig. Gen. Josh Olson, 86th Airlift Wing commander
Evacuees board an Atlas Air aircraft for a departure flight from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to other onward locations Sept. 4, 2021. Ramstein Air Base transformed into U.S. European Command’s primary evacuation hub, supporting one of the largest, most complex humanitarian airlift operations in history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Edgar Grimaldo)
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