NYTimes Article & Googling 'US Civil Reserve Air Fleet'

national | anti-war / imperialism | news report Friday December 26, 2003 15:23 by Southpark Zapatista

watch the money - not the politicians

Please read the full New York Times article.

note: $1.2 billion in Pentagoin expenses and on 14 million euro for Shannon. Why is Ireland so cheap? Shannon has to be one of the cheapest US military outposts in the world!

December 26, 2003

Pentagon's War Needs Are a Lifeline for Airlines

By MICHELINE MAYNARD

The Pentagon spent more than $1.2 billion this year to fly troops and supplies to Iraq on commercial aircraft, giving airlines a financial lifeline as they struggled with the weak economy, the emergence of SARS and travelers' reluctance to fly because of the war in Iraq.

According to a military report that outlined the use of passenger and cargo airlines in the Iraq conflict, the government paid $636.2 million to 10 airlines that flew troops overseas during a 131-day emergency mobilization from February through June. It also paid $574 million to 14 cargo carriers to deliver equipment to Iraq and neighboring countries in that period.

The payments were made as part of the Pentagon's Civil Reserve Air Fleet program, in which airlines contract to transport troops and supplies on domestic and international flights in peacetime, and agree to participate in a mobilization during war. They must provide planes and crews for 30 days at a time, often with as little as 24 hours' notice.

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In all, the airlines have flown nearly 500,000 troops to and from the war zone this year, while the cargo companies have carried more than 161,000 tons of equipment, the Pentagon report said. In addition to the money they earned during the buildup in Iraq, passenger airlines have been paid $1.2 billion in 2003 for moving soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines elsewhere around the world, work they have done for years. Cargo carriers were paid $1.2 billion as well, and the Pentagon has budgeted similar amounts for the air fleet next year.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/26/business/26AIR.html
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Fact Sheet: Civil Reserve Air Fleet
http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=173

DoD News: Civil Reserve Air Fleet Stage I Activation Announced (February 8, 2003)
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2003/b02082003_bt064-03.html

Civil Reserve Air Fleet
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/craf.htm

MILITARY READINESS
Civil Reserve Air Fleet Can Respond as Planned, but Incentives May Need Revamping
pdf file
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d03278high.pdf
web text
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:GLu4qQYqhQwJ:www.gao.gov/highlights/d03278high.pdf

The Civil Reserve Air Fleet - Future Credibility
by Major Jeffrey A. Porter, USAF
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1990/PJA.htm

Defense taps commercial aircraft for Middle East deployments
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0203/021003kp1.htm

Moving U.S. Forces:
Options For Strategic Mobility
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=11&sequence=0
ftp://ftp.cbo.gov/0xx/doc11/Stratmob.pdf

Civilian Reserve Air Fleet: Should The Usaf Use It Routinely?
pdf file
http://www.au.af.mil/au/database/projects/ay1997/acsc/97-0515.pdf
web text
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:1_WnaSUoM-IJ:www.au.af.mil/au/database/projects/ay1997/acsc/97-0515.pdf

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World Airlines
http://www.worldair.com

History of World Airlines
http://www.worldair.com/history.html

''Edward Daly was born to the family of an Irish Chicago fireman on Nov. 20, 1922.''

World Airways In Vietnam
''More so than any other airline, World played a major role in the United States' involvement in the Vietnam conflict.

During most of the war, World - along with most other airlines, provided airlift for military personnel and materiel across the Pacific. But in July 1968, World started Rest and Rehabilitation (R and R) flights for battle weary troops from Vietnam to Japan and Australia.''

World Airways Inc Profile
http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp?userID=salon&h=/axsD2rmeWAJSm2VNHmNUg&symb=WLDA

another profile
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=WLDA

World Airways gets government loan (WLDAC)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/newsfinder/pulseone.asp?guid=%7B0D1C9DAE-6219-4862-9751-621EA90ED8AB%7D&symb=WLDA&sid=15453&siteid=NYT&dist=NYT&osymb=WLDA

World Airways, Inc. was granted on Wednesday a $27 million conditional loan guarantee from the Air Transportation Stabilization Board. The loan was approved by a 2:1 margin with board member Treasury Undersecretary Peter Fisher dissenting because he felt the carrier's application did not meet statutory requirements. The carrier has long been a recipient of military contracts to transport troops. Its shares fell 11 percent Wednesday at 75 cents.

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The following air carriers are members of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet:

Long-Range International Section:

Air Transport International
American International Airways
American Airlines
American Trans Air
Arrow Air
Continental Airlines
Delta Airlines
DHL Airways
Emery Worldwide
Evergreen International
Federal Express Airlines
Fine Airlines
North American Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Polar Air Cargo
Sun Country Airlines
Tower Air
Trans Continental Airlines
United Airlines
United Parcel Service
World Airways

Short-Range International Section:
Alaska Airlines
American Trans Air
DHL Airways
Evergreen International
Express One
Miami Air International
Sun Country Airlines
Sun World
USAir Shuttle

Aeromedical Evacuation Segment:
Delta Airlines
USAir

Domestic Section:
America West Express
Reno Air
Southwest Airlines

Alaskan Section:
Northern Air Cargo
Reeve Aleutian
Lynden Air Cargo