But what did it look like on the inside of one of the C-17s taking off? Normally, it might take 150 fully geared-up members of the U.S. military. But today it may have set a record, according to Defense One. Many more vetted panicked Afghans piled onto the plane than the military had thought they would be taking, but they didn’t want to turn anyone away, given what was going on, so they just took as many as they could.