Evacuees from Afghanistan board the final flight to the United States from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, October 30, 2021. Most evacuees departed by October 17, but a small number remained at Ramstein after testing positive for COVID-19 during a pre-departure screening. Those patients and their families were placed in isolation until it was safe to travel.

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October 30 marked the end of the largest humanitarian airlift mission in history. The final flight carrying Afghan evacuees to the United States from Ramstein Air Base departed Germany exactly 71 days after the first flights from Afghanistan began arriving at the installation. At the height of the evacuation. Approximately 21,000 evacuees were awaiting onward travel from Ramstein and Rhine Ordnance barracks, with nearly 35,000 evacuees total process during the operation Over the past two months, approximately 6500 U.S. Air Force airman, U.S. Army soldiers and NATO allies from the Kaiserslautern military community and other military installations provided direct support to the humanitarian airlift missions.