Gunny
08-22-2021, 01:14 PM
The Department of Defense (https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/government-and-institutions) will compel commercial airlines (https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/airplanes) to help with the evacuation of Afghans and U.S. personnel from Afghanistan, the third time that the U.S. has activated what is known as the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF).
Eighteen aircraft will be used, including three from American Airlines (https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/american-airlines), three from Delta Air Lines (https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/delta-air-lines), three from Atlas Air, three from Omni Air, two from Hawaiian Airlines and four from United Airlines (https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/united-airlines). The planes will not be going to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a statement, but will transport people from "temporary safe havens and interim staging bases."
"They will be used for the onward movement of passengers from temporary safe havens and interim staging bases," Kirby said. "Activating CRAF increases passenger movement beyond organic capability and allows military aircraft to focus on operations in and out of in Kabul."
USTRANSCOM will have mission control, but the planes will maintain their civil status under FAA regulations, according to the Pentagon.
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The airlines will be compensated as part of the arrangement. Kirby said the Pentagon "does not anticipate a major impact to commercial flights" as a result of activating the fleet.
This is the third time the fleet has been activated. The first was during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in 1990-1991, and the second was during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2002-2003.
Also on Sunday, Fox learned that the Pentagon plans to temporarily house Afghans arriving in the U.S. at the Dulles Expo Center in Washington, D.C., before transporting them to other locations, including Fort Lee, Virginia; Fort Bliss, Texas; and Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/pentagon-compels-commercial-airlines-afghanistan-evacuation
Might as well stay in Afghanistan as go to Ft Bliss, TX. That would be El Paso. There are some nice places in the desert to live. El Paso ain't it. It's a dump. And for your viewing pleasure, you can look across the Rio Grande and see Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, definitely a 3rd World dump.
Then there's the fact El Paso is a major hub for illegal aliens and drugs coming from Mexico and further south.
On the bright side, they can listen to Beto O'Rourke's promises:rolleyes:
Eighteen aircraft will be used, including three from American Airlines (https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/american-airlines), three from Delta Air Lines (https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/delta-air-lines), three from Atlas Air, three from Omni Air, two from Hawaiian Airlines and four from United Airlines (https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/united-airlines). The planes will not be going to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a statement, but will transport people from "temporary safe havens and interim staging bases."
"They will be used for the onward movement of passengers from temporary safe havens and interim staging bases," Kirby said. "Activating CRAF increases passenger movement beyond organic capability and allows military aircraft to focus on operations in and out of in Kabul."
USTRANSCOM will have mission control, but the planes will maintain their civil status under FAA regulations, according to the Pentagon.
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AAL (https://www.foxbusiness.com/quote?stockTicker=AAL)
AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP, INC.
18.50
-0.23
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DAL (https://www.foxbusiness.com/quote?stockTicker=DAL)
DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
38.12
+0.19
+0.50%
HA (https://www.foxbusiness.com/quote?stockTicker=HA)
HAWAIIAN HLDGS
18.08
+0.15
+0.84%
UAL (https://www.foxbusiness.com/quote?stockTicker=UAL)
UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.
44.03
+0.10
+0.23%
The airlines will be compensated as part of the arrangement. Kirby said the Pentagon "does not anticipate a major impact to commercial flights" as a result of activating the fleet.
This is the third time the fleet has been activated. The first was during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in 1990-1991, and the second was during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2002-2003.
Also on Sunday, Fox learned that the Pentagon plans to temporarily house Afghans arriving in the U.S. at the Dulles Expo Center in Washington, D.C., before transporting them to other locations, including Fort Lee, Virginia; Fort Bliss, Texas; and Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/pentagon-compels-commercial-airlines-afghanistan-evacuation
Might as well stay in Afghanistan as go to Ft Bliss, TX. That would be El Paso. There are some nice places in the desert to live. El Paso ain't it. It's a dump. And for your viewing pleasure, you can look across the Rio Grande and see Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, definitely a 3rd World dump.
Then there's the fact El Paso is a major hub for illegal aliens and drugs coming from Mexico and further south.
On the bright side, they can listen to Beto O'Rourke's promises:rolleyes: