WASHINGTON( NYTIMES)-US Defence Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered six commercial airlines to provide passenger jets to help with the growing US military operation of evacuating Americans and Afghan allies from Kabul, the Afghan capital, the Pentagon said on Sunday( Aug 22).Mr Austin activated Stage 1 of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, created in 1952 after the Berlin airlift, to provide 18 airliners to help ferry passengers arriving at bases in the Middle East from Afghanistan, Pentagon spo
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