Navy Lt. Jack McCain trained Afghans to pilot Black Hawk helicopters. When Kabul fell, McCain and others helped the pilots escape to the U.S. But their permanent status is uncertain.
tens of thousands of people who helped U.S. forces during the 20-year war could be abandoned in Afghanistan, or even lose the right to stay if they're already in the U.S.
"It became known to me about three quarters away through my deployment, that they knew exactly who I was," says McCain. "They protected me, or at least kept the secret. I can't overstate how important that is to me," says McCain.As for the pilots he was training, McCain passed a key test for Afghans – courage under threat. Afghan Air Force Col. Salim Faqiri says he and McCain became friends after their first flight together ended with an emergency landing, miles outside their base in Kandahar.
"The resistance forces cannot fight against the Taliban anymore. And they asked me to come to the Kabul airport," says Faqiri. Faqiri knows he was fortunate, though. By that time, the Afghan Eagles had some friends trying to help them in the United States. Maggie Feldman-Piltch, with the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington, teamed up with Jack McCain during theAfghan helicopter pilot Rashid Ahmad Muslim, 25, looks out the window at home in Chandler, Ariz., on Dec. 11, 2022."It was a lot of trial and error. It was not pretty," says Feldman-Piltch."It happened because of luck and sustained effort.
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