Pentagon To Airlift Migrants After Deportation Executive Order

U.S. Air Force C-130 and C-17.

Credit: Air National Guard
The Pentagon is activating military airlift to aid in the deportation of thousands of migrants, along with sending helicopters to monitor the southern border in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump. Acting Defense Secretary Robert Salesses in a Jan. 22 statement said the...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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