US officials said Sunday that American commercial airlines – including American Airlines, Delta and United – will be marshaled to help the evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans and foreigners from Kabul following its fall to Taliban extremists.
The Pentagon said Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had activated the rarely used Civil Reserve Air Fleet to aid the onward movement of people arriving at US bases in the Middle East.
“The DOD’s ability to project military forces is inextricably linked to commercial industry, which provides critical transportation capacity as well as global networks to meet day-to-day and contingency requirements,” a statement announcing the move said.
Eighteen civilian craft from American Airlines, Atlas, Delta, Omni, Hawaiian and United will aid dozens of military cargo transports involved in the evacuation, the statement said.
“We’re going to try our very best to get everybody, every American citizen who wants to get out, out,” Austin said in an ABC interview on the evacuation mission, adding that the same applied to America’s Afghan allies.
Rather than going in and out of the capital, the commercial planes will transport people from US bases in Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to European countries and, for many, onward to the United States.
He did not or could even Order them to do anything !!! They did it on their own !!!!
Another set up for another disaster. Commercial planes have no defensive or offensive capabilities. How long will it take for the taliban to down one loaded with as many people as possible with the equipment we gave them?
He cannot do this they are not military personnel and can’t handle this situation it’s just that he has made our Military so disgusted with him that it’s an overture to try to look good, which he’s lost all chances at. He is too dumb to admit failure he will always blame Trump for everything since the Civil War!!!!
Let Biden & Harris Go DOOOWN !!!!! This is the time to get RID of them from American GOVT !!! IMPEACH