Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin activated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) to bolster the military operation.
reports, requesting six to 18 aircraft from each of the U.S. airlines to be prepared to assist in the airlift.
Commercial jets are not expected to fly in or out of Kabul airport, where there have been chaotic scenes since the capital city fell to Taliban rule on August 15, but to help to ferry thousands stranded at U.S. bases in Qatar, Bahrain and Germany.CRAF, which was created in 1952 in the wake of the post-World War II Berlin Airlift, will provide the jets to bolster slow-moving military efforts.
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