US F-18s conducting 'overwatch' flights over Kabul to secure evacuations
August 19, 2021 at 13:16 PM EDT
The Pentagon said Thursday that the U.S. has been conducting armed “overwatch” flights over Kabul in the last 24 hours as an "added layer of force" to ensure the security of the U.S. mission to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies from the country after the Taliban takeover.
