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May 13 2022

SAC completes its 3000th mission

13 May 2022 – PÁPA  - The Strategic Airlift Capability has recently completed its 3,000th mission in its 13-year history. In 13 years, all 12 Member Nations had significant missions carried out, and frequenting mission destinations changed together with history.

Many times, Member Nations used the SAC as an emergency resource. The SAC has been playing an active role and has been a significant asset for its Member Nations during events we all still remember.

Story by Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC)

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In 2010, Poland used her flight hours to repatriate bodies of the victims of the Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash in Smolensk, Russia to Warsaw, Poland.
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In 2014, The Netherlands used flight hours to deliver logistics support to Kharkiv aiding the investigation of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17's crash in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
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In 2015, Romania used hours to transport 10 seriously injured people from Bucharest to United Kingdom and Norway after a horrific nightclub fire in Bucharest.
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In 2017, The Netherlands requested support for evacuating people from the Caribbean after the devastation of Hurricane Irma.
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In 2020, when civilian and military aviation alike stood at halt due to the outbreak of a pandemic, Romania, Bulgaria, The Netherlands, and Hungary used flight hours to transport medical equipment to fight COVID.
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In 2020, after a devastating explosion shook Beirut, capital of Lebanon, The Netherlands sent a Search and Rescue team only 24 hours after the explosion with one of the SAC C-17-s.
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In 2021, several Member Nations used SAC C-17-s to support the evacuation effort after the Taliban takeover of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.

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