A Non-combatant Evacuation Operation is an operation conducted to evacuate civilians from another country, generally due to a deteriorating security situation.
South Vietnamese refugees arrive on a U.S. Navy vessel during Operation Frequent Wind in 1975.
American citizens are boarding a U.S. Marine helicopter in a field inside the U.S. Embassy housing compound in Tirana during Operation Silver Wake, March 1997.
Operation Allies Refuge: Afghans being evacuated on a US Air Force Boeing C-17 plane during the Fall of Kabul in August 2021.
Operation Frequent Wind
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Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, before the takeover of the city by the North Vietnamese People'
Non-combatant evacuation operation
…The method of evacuation could include sealift, airlift, or even by road. 1975 – Operation Frequent Wind: Fall of Saigon, Vietnam War 1976 – Operation Fluid Drive: Lebanese Civil War…
A South Vietnamese helicopter is pushed overboard from USS Okinawa to clear deck space for more incoming helicopters
US Air Force HH-53 helicopters on the deck of USS Midway during Operation Frequent Wind, April 1975
Ships of TF 76 wait off Vũng Tàu for the start of the operation
RVNAF C-130A burns at Tan Son Nhut after rocket attack on 29 April