US military to expedite 1st batch of infant formula from Switzerland

Ground personnel use a tug to position a cargo pallet next to a plane.

The first emergency flights of infant formula under the U.S. government’s new Operation Fly Formula will transport formula made by Nestle S.A. from Zurich to Plainfield, Indiana, the White House said Thursday.

The Defense Department is combing through its list of approved commercial airline contractors to identify the best aircraft to fulfill the transport request from the Department of Agriculture.

A series of Operation Fly Formula flights will transport the equivalent of up to 1.5 million...

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