A veteran of our flight from Saigon was also part of our flight from Kabul – RedState

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Yesterday, the Taliban boasted about Joe Biden’s hollowness that there would never be a helicopter to evacuate people from the roof of the Kabul embassy; see When the helicopter landed on the roof of the U.S. Embassy, ​​Biden was again proven wrong.

A US helicopter seen at the US Embassy in Kabul this morning. It seems that the evacuation is in progress.photographer @Associated Press pic.twitter.com/YxMQQeRF29

-Liz Sly (@LizSly) August 15, 2021

Trains and planes are two modes of transportation that have a huge fan base. A timid detective started to check the plane number (BuNo) we used when we took off from Kabul. BuNo is assigned when the aircraft leaves the manufacturing plant and stays with it forever. One of them is the Ch-46E operated by the U.S. State Department Aviation Wing, with registration numbers N38TU and BuNo 154038.

here is.

With just a little detection, I managed to get a higher N38TU resolution in Kabul! pic.twitter.com/Kkr6TD4nMq

-whatismoo (@whatismoo) August 15, 2021

Then, for some unknown reason, he turned his head and looked at the Bunno of the plane participating in the “Frequency Wind” operation. FREQUENT WIND is from the evacuees from the U.S. Embassy in Saigon to Task Force 76, A naval formation located about 17 miles off the coast of Vietnam in the South China Sea. Task Force-based helicopters transported refugees from Saigon to American ships. There, there is a CH-46 on the deck of the Essex-class aircraft carrier Hancock with a BuNo of 154038.

First, a Getty picture of the US Department of State Air Force CH-46 N38TU (BuNo 154038) evacuating the US Embassy in Kabul today. Secondly, during the evacuation of Saigon, there appeared to be 154038 on the deck of the Hancock aircraft carrier in frequent winds. The more things change, the more they stay the same. pic.twitter.com/EqVMxxqFZw

-whatismoo (@whatismoo) August 15, 2021

According to the registration data, 154038 has been transferred from USMC to State Council June 12, 2012.

I’m not sure whether we are going to retire this old war horse to the Smithsonian Museum or sink it into the Mariana Trench.