(NEXSTAR) – A C-17 cargo plane that left from Afghanistan on Aug. 15 was not actually carrying 640 evacuees, despite a previous report by the Department of Defense. It was carrying 823.

Starting on Sunday, the “Moose” as the C-17 community calls it, began making headlines. It started with heartbreaking images of Afghan civilians clinging to the jets as they left Kabul.

The U.S. Air Force is using the C-17 Globemaster III for combat-airdrop operations in Afghanistan for the first time in nearly a year and a half, according to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing.

“A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III safely transported 823 Afghan citizens from Hamid Karzai International Airport, Aug. 15, 2021,” reads a news release issued by Air Mobility Command.

(NEXSTAR) – A C-17 cargo plane that left from Afghanistan on Aug. 15 was not actually carrying 640 evacuees, despite a previous report by the Department of Defense. It was carrying 823.

(NEXSTAR) – A C-17 cargo plane that left from Afghanistan on Aug. 15 was not actually carrying 640 evacuees, despite a previous report by the Department of Defense. It was carrying 823.

(NEXSTAR) – A C-17 cargo plane that left from Afghanistan on Aug. 15 was not actually carrying 640 evacuees, despite a previous report by the Department of Defense. It was carrying 823.

(NEXSTAR) – A C-17 cargo plane that left from Afghanistan on Aug. 15 was not actually carrying 640 evacuees, despite a previous report by the Department of Defense. It was carrying 823.