By akademiotoelektronik, 25/12/2022

The Afghan born on board an American military plane named Reach, code name of the device

An Afghan girl born aboard a US military plane that was evacuating her parents to Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, has been named Reach, after the plane's code name, the commander of US forces revealed on Wednesday in Europe, General Tod Wolters.

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In the middle of the flight on Saturday from Qatar, the pregnant woman began to feel contractions. Immediately after landing in Ramstein, American soldiers helped the Afghan woman deliver her baby on the plane before she was transported with her newborn baby to a nearby hospital. Each US Air Force plane has its own code name for communications with other aircraft or control towers, and the code for C-17 cargo planes is usually Reach followed by a number.

Two more babies born after landing

The baby's parents "named her Reach, because that was the code name for the C-17" (Reach 828), said to the press General Wolters. "As you can imagine, being a pilot in the United States Air Force myself, my dream is to see this little girl named Reach grow up as a United States citizen and fly fighter jets in our Air Force," said he added.

The head of the American forces in Europe specified that of the 7,000 people evacuated from Kabul who had passed through American bases in Europe since August 20, only about a hundred people had had to receive medical treatment, whether for symptoms of Covid-19 or other medical reasons.

Of these 100 people, 25 have been admitted to a local hospital and 12 have already been discharged, General Wolters said. Two more babies were born after their mother landed at the Ramstein base.

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