Pentagon requests civilian airlines' assistance in Afghanistan evacuation

Afghanistan: Washington enlists airlines to aid evacuation

The U.S. Government has ordered six U.S. commercial airlines to provide a total of 18 planes to support the evacuation mission in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced on Sunday. The planes should not go to Kabul Airport but should be used to transport evacuees from transition destinations, thus freeing up capacity on military planes, which can […]

Pentagon says, 18 planes of 6 US airlines used in evacuation from Afghanistan

The major general specified that since late July, the US has evacuated about 42,000 people from Afghanistan

US orders six commercial airlines to provide transport for Afghans and Americans in Middle East

US orders six commercial airlines to provide transport for Afghans and Americans in the Middle East. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III on Sunday, August 22, activated stage 1 of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF), ordering six commercial airlines to provide passenger planes to help evacuate people from US military bases in the Middle […]The post US orders six commercial airlines to provide transport for Afghans and Americans in Middle East a…

U.S. recruits commercial airlines to help move Afghanistan evacuees

The United States has an unwavering commitment to getting U.S. citizens and at-risk Afghans out of Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said, as Taliban fighters beat ...

Pentagon asks airlines for help moving evacuees

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said the Department does not anticipate a major impact to commercial flights from this activation.

US orders civilian airlines to join massive airlift to evacuate Kabul

The United States has ordered six commercial airlines to help transport people after their evacuation from Afghanistan as Washington sought to step up the pace of departures of Americans and at-risk Afghans from Kabul.