Pregnant Afghan Woman Gives Birth Aboard C-17 Cargo Plane Evacuating Afghanistan; US Air Force Medics Help

Pregnant Afghan Woman Gives Birth Aboard C-17 Cargo Plane Evacuating Afghanistan; US Air Force Medics Help
Tech. Sgt. Zachary Boyer/U.S. Air Force
Michael Wing
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As U.S. forces evacuate from Afghanistan, with thousands of Afghans fleeing the country, an Afghan mother went into labor midflight aboard an Air Force C-17 cargo plane bound for Germany.

Upon arrival, medical support personnel from the 86th Medical Group and a U.S. Army Labor and Delivery nurse helped the unnamed woman successfully give birth in the aircraft cargo bay on Aug. 21.

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