Civil Reserve Air Fleet Activated

The Pentagon has ordered US commercial airlines to provide planes to help speed up Afghanistan evacuation efforts, it said Sunday. This effort will help transport Afghan evacuees as the military manages the swarms of people following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. The White House summoned the Civil Reserve Air Fleet on Sunday, which was created to assist the military during emergencies in 1952. The activation is for 18 aircraft: three each from American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines, and Omni Air; two from Hawaiian Airlines; and four from United Airlines. The civilian planes will not be flying directly into Afghanistan but instead relieving pressure off bases in Qatar, Bahrain, and Germany.

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