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From missiles to baby formula, airlines provide vital airlift for US government

A military flatbed truck delivers missiles to load on a a white United Airlines jet with the cargo door open.

The Biden administration’s emergency airlift to expedite imports of overseas baby formula amid a widespread domestic shortage is the latest example of the U.S. government employing commercial cargo and passenger airlines to help solve a logistics crisis.

Since the start of the COVID pandemic in early 2020, the Trump and Biden administrations have leaned on these air logistics providers at least five times to deliver equipment, supplies and people for public health and national security needs. 

In...

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Delta donates airlift capacity for Operation Fly Formula

A large white jet with blue tail and Delta logo takes off from a grassy airport.

Delta Air Lines will fly baby formula from the United Kingdom to Boston and Detroit this month free of charge on regularly scheduled passenger flights, mirroring the public service provided by United Airlines to help the U.S. government alleviate an ongoing domestic shortage.

The Department of Health and Human Services arranged for Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) to carry the shipments from London’s Heathrow Airport to Logan Airport in Boston and Detroit Metro Airport between June 20 and 24, the...

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FedEx, United to deliver foreign-made baby formula to Dallas

A white FedEx jet with a blue tail lifts off the runway with warehouses in the background.

A FedEx Express MD-11 freighter and a United Airlines passenger jet are scheduled to land Thursday afternoon at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport with emergency shipments of baby formula organized by the Biden administration as part of its campaign to alleviate a critical domestic food shortage for infants.

The FedEx (NYSE: FDX) charter flight from Cologne, Germany, is carrying 110,000 pounds of Nestle infant formula, which can make about 1.6 million eight-ounce bottles. 

The Department of...

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United Airlines volunteers to deliver baby formula from London

A pallet on a lift being loaded into rear of white United jet with blue tail .

United Airlines will donate space on passenger aircraft to transport baby formula from the United Kingdom under the U.S. government’s Operation Fly Formula program to shore up depleted domestic stocks so families can feed their infants.

The White House announced that United has agreed to transport Kendamil formula free of charge from Heathrow Airport in London to multiple airports across the United States over a three-week period, beginning June 9. These are the first Operation Fly Formula...

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Bubs baby formula from Australia gets FDA import approval

Twin babies on their back being fed from bottles.

The Biden administration on Friday took two more actions aimed at alleviating a critical domestic shortage of baby formula.

The Food and Drug Administration gave the green light to an Australian company to import its baby formula after relaxing strict regulatory requirements aimed at alleviating a critical domestic shortage. Also, Xavier Becerra, the Health and Human Services secretary, invoked the Defense Production Act for the third time in less than a week to help Cargill deliver raw...

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FDA authorizes more baby formula imports as air cargo pipeline grows

A large, white FedEx plane with blue tail rolls down the runway, heading toward camera.

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced that an emergency shipment of baby formula equivalent to 5 million 8-ounce bottles — more than triple the amount delivered this week on the first two Operation Fly Formula flights — is being readied in Europe. 

The news follows completion of a FedEx delivery for the government, the FDA informing a second foreign manufacturer it could also use new regulatory flexibility to import infant formula and lawmakers seeking answers on how to...

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Baby formula export scheme worth $200M lands Florida trio in prison

A Florida trio was recently sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a $200 million infant formula fraud scheme that began some nine years before the current critical shortages. 

U.S. District Court Judge Roy K. Altman sentenced South Florida residents Johnny Grobman, 48, Raoul Doekhie, 53, and Sherida Nabi, 57, each to 18 years in prison on Friday. He also ordered the three to forfeit over $200 million in fraudulently obtained profits. The three used the profits from the baby formula...

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First US military jet carrying baby formula from Europe to arrive Sunday

A large, gray military jet touches down on runway on a sunny day, as smoke comes off the tires.

A U.S. military aircraft on Sunday will deliver the first batch of baby formula from Europe to Indianapolis under Operation Fly Formula as the Biden administration accelerates efforts to alleviate a domestic shortage.

The White House announced Saturday that a U.S. Air Force cargo jet will transport 132 pallets of Nestle’s Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula from Ramstein Air Base in Germany to the Indianapolis airport. From there the shipment will be trucked to a Nestle Health Science...

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The Log Book: IMO celebrates International Day for Women in Maritime

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: The maritime industry celebrates its first International Day for Women, Leonard’s Express unveils its first of five patriotic trucks, and FedEx helps milk banks ship breast milk to combat the formula shortage.

IMO celebrates 1st International Day for Women in Maritime

According to the International Chamber of Shipping, 1,647,500 seafarers work internationally on merchant ships....

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