What is the US Civil Reserve Air Fleet and how many jets does it have?

The U.S. military is a huge, complex beast, but when its air transportation needs get too big, it can rely on this program ...
JD Supra

What is the Civil Reserve Air Fleet Program? Why is CRAF Beneficial to the Military and Airline Industry?

The Civil Reserve Air Fleet Program (“CRAF”) is a story of industry and government successfully working together in the national interest. It’s also an example of how the commercial airline industry – ...
Forbes

How The Civil Reserve Air Fleet Benefits The Country And Helps Airlines

The Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) program uses commercial airplanes to support military and humanitarian efforts by the U.S. government. This program provides benefits to both. The recent evacuation ...
Business Wire

AIT Worldwide Logistics Forms CRAF Partnership with Kalitta Air

ITASCA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global supply chain solutions leader AIT Worldwide Logistics has entered into a new Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) partnership with Ypsilanti, Michigan-based Kalitta Air ...
Forbes

This Isn’t The First Time That U.S. Airlines Have Been Called Up By The Pentagon

U.S. troops march in formation after disembarking from a Civil Reserve Air Fleet Boeing 747 aircraft upon their arrival in theater in the lead up to Operation Desert Storm in 1991. The plane was owned ...