Syria the great escape

摘要

On a grassy plain in northwest Syria a column of US Army mine-protected vehicles was lined up beside a rough airstrip waiting to be loaded into the cavernous hold of a US Air Force C-17A airlifter from Air Mobility Command (AMC), Behind the vehicles, a gaggle of forklift trucks could be seen preparing cargo pallets and ISO containers for loading. Overhead a pair of US Army AH-64D attack helicopters was circling the airstrip to monitor the movement of civilian vehicles on the roads that passed to the south. Operation Break Glass was under way.