But an enormous piece of property the size of a town. They have a hospital, shops, gyms, hangersf and barracks. As last month bagram had a prison that held thousands of Foreignnd Fighters including isis and the taliban. Of and then all of a sudden for the first time in 20 years, the lighting went out at bagram. Locals understood what was going on. Without warning, the u. S. Military just left. Split in the middle of the night and turned off the power as they did. Ultimately, the bases new afghan commander fled, too. In minutes, looters descended. They found thousands of vehicles, a huge cache of weapons and ammunition. The pentagon didnt seem concerned. Mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of Staff Explainedd that bagram is not necessary tactically for what were going to do in afghanistan. That turns out to be a massive miscalculation. That is clear. The decision to abandon the Air Field is idiotic and led to the killing of 13 service members yesterday. Bagram abandoned the ev
Each day that we been able to provide you updates, we are glad we are able to do that step as from previous days, to give you an operational update and turn it back over to mr. Kirby. We have a lot of additional details to offer you about the Attack Yesterday at the abbey gate that i can confirm for you that we do not believe there was a second explosion at or near the hotel, that it was one Suicide Bomber. We are not sure how that report was provided incorrectly but we know its not any surprise that in the confusion of a very dynamic event, it can cause information to sometimes be misreported or garbled. We felt it was important to correct the record with you all here. You have now seen we have updated our Casualty List to include a 13th Servicemember killed in action. Our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to the families and to the teammates we have lost. This is a devastating time for these goldstar families, a title no one wants to hold, but we absolutely hold in the utmost r
Has recently been the source of intense interest by the media and a curious general public. In recent years, numerous books, magazine articles, television programs, madefortv movie, ufo museums, fraudulent documents and even an alien autopsy film have emerged to exploit the media fascination with the roswell incident. The story has even gained international attention. Despite the vested interest and questionable credibility of all sources involved in generating the media hype, the u. S. Air force is routinely accused of concealing a deep dark secret from the American People. In early 1994, new mexico congressman Stephen Schiff requested a records review. The purpose of the review was to determine if the u. S. Air force or any other u. S. Government agency possessed information on an alleged crash near roswell, new mexico in july 1947 of an extraterrestrial vehicle and its alien crew. In response to the probe, the secretary of the air force directed a comprehensive search for records. T
Sources involved in generating the media hype, the u. S. Air force is routinely accused of concealing a deep, dark secret from the American People. In early 1994, new mexico congressman Stephen Schiff requested the General Accounting Office begin a records review. The purpose of the review was to determine if the u. S. Air force or any other u. S. Government agency possessed information on an alleged crash near roswell, new mexico in july 1947 of an extraterrestrial vehicle and its alien crew. In response to the gao probe, the secretary of the air force directed a comprehensive search for records. The objective of the search was to tell the congress and the American People what the air force knew about the 1947 roswell claims. If the information was still classified, it was to be declassified. If active or former air force officials had signed nondisclosure agreements, they were to be released from these agreements. The resulting 800page report was completed in july 1994. The report co
The story has even gained international attention. Despite the vested interest and questionable credibility of all sources involved in generating the media hype, the u. S. Air force is routinely accused of concealing a deep dark secret from the American People. 1994, new mexico congressman Stephen Schiff requested a records review. The purpose of the review was to determine if the u. S. Air force or any other u. S. Government agency possessed information on an alleged crash near roswell, new mexico in july 1947 of an extraterrestrial vehicle and its alien crew. In response to the probe, the secretary of the air force directed a comprehensive search for records. The objective of the search was to tell the congress and American People what the air force knew about the 1947 roswell claims. If the information was still classified, it was to be declassified. If active or former air force officials had signed nondisclosure agreements, they were to be released from these agreements. The resul