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Nestle quick! US military jets from air base in Germany will fly Nestle Alfamina baby formula to Indianapolis in first 'Operation Fly Formula' flight
2022-05-21
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • The first flights of infant formula from Europe will arrive in Indiana aboard military aircraft this weekend

  • The White House says 132 pallets of Nestlé Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula will leave Ramstein Air Base in Germany

  • The formula is headed to Indianapolis, Indiana

  • Another 114 pallets of Gerber Good Start Extensive HA formula are expected to arrive in the coming days

  • The Biden administration has dubbed the effort 'Operation Fly Formula,' as it struggles to address nationwide shortages of formula
Posted by:Skidmark

#20  This is all government created and designed. There is NO excuse to have only one baby formula plant.

Same with Insulin. This FDA is off it's rocker

This government is making everything worse
Posted by: newc   2022-05-21 23:10  

#19  BTW, isn't there a law or tariff in place barring or severely restricting importation of this stuff from outside sources? [not that I'd touch anything manufactured in China]
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-05-21 13:17  

#18  stihl is more important for lawn care!
Posted by: Cholutle Thrans9751   2022-05-21 12:45  

#17  ^ The picture is at once brutal, hilarious and trenchant.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-05-21 12:39  

#16  
Posted by: Frank G   2022-05-21 12:17  

#15  How much you want to bet Bidet will be there when the plan lands for a photo op?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-05-21 11:36  

#14  I'll go with pallets stacked in general's garage next to ZSU technical.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-05-21 11:33  

#13  My bet the formula 'best buy' date was something last year.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-05-21 11:14  

#12  So, it will probably cost the taxpayers $15000.00/oz for the formula.

You think the Democrats care? They are desperate for anything to tip the scales in the midterms. "We saved your babies" sounds like a great emotional pitch to me.

Hell, we just sent, what, $44 billion for war with Russia? We could have had our border wall for a mere $25 billion. We only have to build it once and it's done, plus that money gets recycled inside America. The only way we're getting that $44 billion back is through the ugliest part of our economy: the military-industrial complex. Gross.
Posted by: Blackbeard Unereck7174   2022-05-21 10:47  

#11  this administration is disgusting.
Posted by: irish rage boy   2022-05-21 10:20  

#10  Military airlift. So, it will probably cost the taxpayers $15000.00/oz for the formula.

IF they were going to return empty after unloading materials needed elsewhere, then it was a choice to 'use it or loses it' for transport. However, you know that means someone didn't get a piece of the action in moving it commercial. That says something about the panic level finally setting in.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-05-21 10:04  

#9  Wide bodies (747F) hold 43 main deck 463L positions depending on the configuration
Posted by: Cloluck Bourbon1058   2022-05-21 09:30  

#8  Third world country. Are they in boxes marked C.A.R.E.?

(If they're serious about ending their manufactured crisis they'll fly the illegals out on the return leg. Turn em loose in Ramstein.)
Posted by: Grereng Ometing1952   2022-05-21 09:21  

#7  Military airlift. So, it will probably cost the taxpayers $15000.00/oz for the formula.

Nice.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-05-21 08:46  

#6  As it' a Bidet initiative desperate knee-jerk reaction to bad poll numbers, watch them kill any goodwill it might have generated by limiting the distribution to BIPOCLGBTQWERTY families.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-05-21 08:43  

#5  Quick think of something we can do to show we're actually trying to cover our asses help.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-05-21 08:32  

#4  'Operation Fly Formula' is distinctly different from Kamala Harris' previous 'Operation Fly'
Posted by: Frank G   2022-05-21 08:24  

#3  Dems airlifting food into an impoverished country.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-05-21 08:17  

#2  /\ The full C-17 payload can consist of a maximum of eighteen 463L cargo pallets. Normal troop seating is accomplished with 54 fixed sidewall seats and / or 48 centerline cargo floor seats.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-05-21 08:14  

#1  I find it difficult to believe that neither Atlas, Amazon nor Kallitta had a wide body available to fly this freight given the great publicity it would entail. If these are standard 463L pallets built 96 inches high you’re looking at around 4 loads. Guessing there was no associated front haul USA-EU which would have effectively doubled the charter price with the empty positioning leg. And presume the military aircraft will fly “material” back USA-EU to support the Ukrainians (no empty legs that way).
Posted by: Slenter Panda4300   2022-05-21 07:55  

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