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The moment is still seared into my memory and remains a defining point of my professional life.

It was late on Aug. 24, 2021. I had just returned from flying another evacuation mission during the Afghanistan withdrawal when I caught a glimpse of a television screen. A Taliban spokesman was speaking.

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