Pets who recently disembarked from a Patriot Express passenger aircraft wait for their owners to pick them up on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Aug. 23, 2021. The 726th Air Mobility Squadron at Spangdahlem AB is augmenting Afghanistan evacuation efforts by accepting diverted Patriot Express aircraft carrying U.S. military personnel and their families on their way to Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Maeson L. Elleman)