An Afghan baby who was born on a US evacuation flight from Afghanistan was named after the call sign on the plane, according to the top US general in Europe.
The newborn girl was called Reach when she was delivered onboard a plane after it touched down at Ramstein Air Base, Germany last week.
Her mother went into labour and began having complications during the flight, US Air Mobility Command said.
Medical support personnel from the 86th Medical Group help an Afghan mother and family off a U.S. Air Force C-17, call sign Reach 828, moments after she delivered a child aboard the aircraft upon landing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 21. (cont..) pic.twitter.com/wqR9dFlW1o
— Air Mobility Command (@AirMobilityCmd) August 21, 2021
Military medics assisted with the birth in the cargo bay of the aircraft.
Commander of US European Command Gen Tod Wolters said: “We’ve had further conversations with the mom and the dad of the baby that was born the C-17 inbound to Ramstein.
“They named the little girl Reach. And they did so because the call sign of the C-17 aircraft that flew them from Qatar to Ramstein was ‘Reach.’
“As you can well imagine being an Air Force fighter pilot, it’s my dream to watch that young child called Reach grow up and be a U.S. citizen and fly United States Air Force.”
US Army Captain Erin Brymer, a Landstuhl Regional Medical Center registered nurse, delivered the baby.
She told CNN: “When the baby came out screaming! And we were able to put her directly on the mom’s chest and get her breastfeeding right away.
“I was like, ‘Okay, we’re good here.’”
