Civil Reserve Air Fleet: Difference between revisions

CRAF has been activated three times. The first activation was as part of [[Gulf War#Operation Desert Shield|Operation Desert Shield]]. The second was once as part of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]. In 2021 it was activated as part of [[Operation Allies Refuge]] in Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Schmitt|first=Eric|title=The U.S. orders six commercial airlines to help transport Afghan evacuees|language=en-us|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=22 August 2021 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/22/world/asia/afghan-refugees-commercial-airlines.html}}</ref><ref name="Hill2021">{{Cite news |last=Balluck |first=Kyle |last2=Schnell |first2=Mychael |date=22 August 2021 |title=Pentagon orders civilian airlines to assist in Afghanistan evacuation |language=en |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/568900-pentagon-activates-civil-reserve-air-fleet-requests-civilian-airlines}}</ref><ref name="craf_act">{{Cite magazine |last=Bertoletti |first=Marlo |date=2021-08-23 |title=Civil Reserve Air Fleet Activated to Fly out Afghanistan Evacuees |url=https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/craf-activated-afghanistan/ |url-status=dead |magazine=Airways |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904114350/https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/craf-activated-afghanistan/ |archive-date=2021-09-04 |access-date=2021-09-04}}</ref>