Working in aviation maintenance for over 36 years the plan was ALWAYS to prepare for the worst case scenario.
Prepare for the worst and your Azz is covered.
The notion that all contingencies were prepared for is nothing short of a flat out lie.
The notion that all contingencies were prepared for is nothing short of a flat out lie......
They probably did have a conplan for a NEO, but they pen and ink changed the AO from Bagram to Kabul making it unexecutable.
Then the taliban showed up and it became irrelevant.