US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby. File photoWASHINGTON, May 20The Pentagon may use military transport aircraft to bring emergency infant formula into the US, Defense Department spokesman John Kirby said. Biden, the first such flight is being prepared from the Swiss city of Zurich to the US state of Indiana. It is still not determined whether these will be civilian or military aircraft,» Kirby said at a briefing for journalists. Previously, it was planned that commercial air cargo carriers would import baby food under contracts with the Pentagon. The shortage, which is estimated at 40-50% of needs of the American market, arose from the recall of large quantities of formula milk after regulators suspected infection with disease-causing ba Abbott's production line criteria.
