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U.S. Airliners Activated for Afghanistan Airlift

The U.S. Defense Department has activated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) for the third time in its 70-year history.

A United Airlines Boeing 777-300ER takes off from San Francisco International Airport in 2018. United will fly four aircraft to and from staging points outside Afghanistan to transport military personnel, civilians, and at-risk Afghanis to the U.S. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by wbaiv)

By Gregory Polek • Senior Editor

August 22, 2021

The U.S. Defense Department (DOD) on Sunday activated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) to aid the airlift out of Afghanistan. The order effectively activates 18 aircraft from six airlines to carry U.S. citizens and personnel, Special Immigrant Visa applicants, and other “at-risk” individuals from the Taliban-controlled country. The plan calls on American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines, and Omni Air to provide three aircraft each, United Airlines to send four, and Hawaiian Airlines two. The airplanes will not fly into Kabul, but rather from staging bases in neighboring third countries, allowing military aircraft to concentrate on operations into and out of the Afghan capital.

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