Pentagon Activates Civil Reserve Air Fleet For Third Time In History To Aid In Afghanistan Evacuation
District of Columbia | August 23, 2021
The Pentagon activated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) early Sunday to aid in the Afghanistan evacuation efforts. The announcement means the Pentagon is ordering six commercial airlines – American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Airlines, Omni Air, Hawaiian Airlines and United Airlines – to help with moving people out of Afghanistan. The commercial airlines will be flying into other areas and not the Kabul airport, according to the Pentagon. This is just the third time in history CRAF has been activated…. (Excerpts from the Daily Caller)