The Kabul Airlift 24 Hour Event!


Welcome to the Kabul Airlift 24-Hour Event!

I’ve spent multiple days gathering information on all the flights below to ensure maximum realism.

The Kabul Airlift was a massive evacuation operation in August 2021, following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. In just weeks, over 120,000 people were evacuated from Hamid Karzai International Airport, with military aircraft flying constant missions under chaotic and dangerous conditions. This became one of the largest airlifts in history, demonstrating immense coordination and urgency to bring people to safety amidst a rapidly evolving crisis.

There are a lot of moving pieces, so I’m going to break this next part into a few sections. First, for our C-17 pilots: 95% of flights are between OTBH and OAKB. There are multiple flights with the same callsign because most of the flights have a return leg. If you’d like to operate both the inbound and outbound legs, that would be great—just let me know. Some C-17s departing OAKB we’re refueled, so KC-10s will be available if you’d like to use them. Once you choose one of these flights, I will PM you everything you’ll need for the flight.

For our KC-10 and support flight pilots: You will only be operating to and from OMAM, except for the one P-8, which will come from Isa Air Base. All of these aerial refueling and support flights vary in time, so pick the one that works best for you. Some of these flights take off before the event starts or land after it ends, for realism purposes, as the actual aircraft took off and landed at those times. Once you choose a flight, I will PM you most of the details for your flight.

For our air traffic controllers: I’d love to have all major airports fully staffed for the entire event, though I realize that’s ambitious. I have a list of departure and arrival times, as well as peak traffic periods, and can schedule controllers accordingly by time zone. Let me know which airport and frequency you’d like to control. To avoid overworking our ATC, each frequency will be assigned to one person—except for approach and departure, which will be handled by the same controller.

Server: Expert

Airports: OTBH, OAKB, OMAM

Time: 20:00 UTC Aug 22 to 20:00 UTC 23

Al Udeid Air Base OTBH Departures

Departure Time Route Callsign Aircraft Pilot
19:30 UTC Aug 22 OTBH to OAKB MOOSE91 C-17 @MPH258
20:00 UTC Aug 22 OTBH to OAKB USAF C-130J Callsign C-130J
3:20 UTC Aug 23 OTBH to OAKB MOOSE43 C-17 @eldrago
4:00 UTC Aug 23 OTBH to OAKB MOOSE31 C-17
5:45 UTC Aug 23 OTBH to OAKB MOOSE46 C-17
5:50 UTC Aug 23 OTBH to OAKB MOOSE80 C-17
6:50 UTC Aug 23 OTBH to OAKB MOOSE81 C-17
7:15 UTC Aug 23 OTBH to OAKB MOOSE35 C-17
8:45 UTC Aug 23 OTBH to OAKB MOOSE41 C-17
10:30 UTC Aug 23 OTBH to OAKB MOOSE50 C-17
10:50 UTC Aug 23 OTBH to OAKB MOOSE55 C-17
12:15 UTC Aug 23 OTBH to OAKB MOOSE54 C-17
14:15 UTC Aug 23 OTBH to OAKB MOOSE53 C-17 @chhettri22
15:45 UTC Aug 23 OTBH to OAKB USAF C-130J Callsign C-130J
18:00 UTC Aug 23 OTBH to OAKB MOOSE28 C-17
19:40 UTC Aug 23 OTBH to OAKB MOOSE49 C-17

Kabul International Airport OAKB Departures

Departure Time Route Callsign Aircraft Pilot
20:00 UTC Aug 22 OAKB to OTBH MOOSE99 C-17
20:30 UTC Aug 22 OAKB to OTBH MOOSE61 C-17
21:00 UTC Aug 22 OAKB to OTBH MOOSE97 C-17
21:00 UTC Aug 22 OAKB to OMDW Royal Air Force C-130J Callsign 42XT C-130J
21:30 UTC Aug 22 OAKB to OMDM Royal Air Force C-130J Callsign 43XT C-130J
21:40 UTC Aug 22 OAKB to OTBH MOOSE92 C-17
22:40 UTC Aug 22 OAKB to OKAS Canadian Air Force C-17 Callsign 22 C-17
23:00 UTC Aug 22 OAKB to OTBH USAF C-130J Callsign C-130J
01:00 UTC Aug 23 OAKB to OTBH MOOSE91 C-17
7:50 UTC Aug 23 OAKB to OTBH MOOSE98 C-17
10:00 UTC Aug 23 OAKB to OTBH MOOSE31 C-17
10:30 UTC Aug 23 OAKB to OMAA MOOSE46 C-17
10:40 UTC Aug 23 OAKB to OTBH MOOSE80 C-17
11:40 UTC Aug 23 OAKB to OTBH MOOSE81 C-17
12:00 UTC Aug 23 OAKB to OMAA MOOSE35 C-17
12:30 UTC Aug 23 OAKB to OTBH USAF C-130J Callsign 12 C-130J
14:40 UTC Aug 23 OAKB to OTBH MOOSE41 C-17
19:00 UTC Aug 23 OAKB to OTBH MOOSE54 C-17
20:00 UTC Aug 23 OAKB to OTBH MOOSE53 C-17 @chhettri22

Al Dhafra Air Base OMAM Flights

Departure Time Flight Time Callsign Aircraft
12:30 UTC Aug 22 8 Hours PRIMO83 KC-10
14:50 UTC Aug 22 6 Hours 40 Min PRIMO 84 KC-10
16:30 UTC Aug 22 7 Hours 15 Min PRIMO85 KC-10
01:10 UTC Aug 23 7 Hours 50 Min PRIMO81 KC-10
3:10 UTC Aug 23 7 Hours PRIMO82 KC-10
11:10 UTC Aug 23 12 Hours 40 Min USAF AC-130 Callsign AC-130

Other Airport Departures

Departure Time Route Callsign Aircraft
21:00 UTC Aug 22 OMAA to OTBH MOOSE89 C-17
00:45 UTC Aug 23 OKKK to OAKB MOOSE98 C-17
3:30 UTC Aug 23 OBBS to OBBS P-8 Callsign 737-800
13:05 UTC Aug 23 OMAA to OTBH MOOSE46 C-17
14:50 UTC Aug 23 OKAS to OAKB Canadian Air Force C-17 24 C-17
17:20 UTC Aug 23 OMAA to OTBH MOOSE35 C-17

ATC Airport Frequencies

Airport Frequency Shift Length Controller
OTBH Ground 4 Hours
OTBH Tower 4 Hours
OTBH Arrival & Departure 4 Hours
OTBH Center 4 Hours
OAKB Ground 4 Hours
OAKB Tower 4 Hours
OAKB Arrival & Departure 4 Hours
OAKB Center 4 Hours
OMAM Ground 4 Hours
OMAM Tower 4 Hours
OMAM Approach & Departure 4 Hours
OMAM Center 4 Hours

Thanks for taking a look! If you can’t make this one, I plan to host it again on August 22–23, followed by an even bigger event from August to March (subject to change) based on Operation Deep Freeze. It will be similar to this but MUCH longer and even better—stay tuned!

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i’ll join this one. more cooler if we get many people

What route would you like?

al udeid to kabul

also it says 30 mar on calendar. whats the actual date?

March 29th at 1 PM PST to March 30th 1 PM PST.

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I would like to join this Ops.

GAF will be putting this in our diary!

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Might be up for this

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I’ll take this one please

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I would attend as a controller but two things, four hours is an extremely long time for a controller and two, if I were you, make it available for someone to open all positions for one airport. Like I would do GTS, someone might want to do GTSAD. Just an idea

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Maybe like two hour shifts max. Might get some more people signing up

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