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Seems weird to me that with their billions of dollars the DoD doesn't operate a shipping network ferrying equipment back and forth that contractors can use.
by guelo 11y ago
Seems weird to me that with their billions of dollars the DoD doesn't operate a shipping network ferrying equipment back and forth that contractors can use.
- Animats 11y agoDoD operated the Military Air Transport Service from 1948 to 1966. It was DoD's own airline, with routes to US military bases, using civilian-type equipment. By the 1960s, civilian aviation was providing better service and using jets, so the MATS airline-type operations were shut down. Since then, DoD does only tactical airlift itself; trips between routine points are commercial, sometimes using commercial charters.