721 APS supports Operation Fly Formula

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jammie Lueck, 721st Aerial Port Squadron ramp services supervisor and load team chief, left, directs a pallet of infant formula onto a 60K cargo loader driven by Airman 1st Class Alyssa Pellegrino, 721st APS ramp services agent, during Operation Fly Formula at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 25, 2022. Twenty-nine pallets of infant formula were loaded onto a commercial aircraft for a shipment totaling approximately 109,000 pounds of formula. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Slater)

721 APS supports Operation Fly Formula

Pallets of infant formula are loaded onto a commercial aircraft during Operation Fly Formula at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 25, 2022. President Joe Biden launched Operation Fly Formula to speed up the import of infant formula from Europe to the United States due to critical shortages. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Slater)

721 APS supports Operation Fly Formula

Port dawgs from the 721st Aerial Port Squadron load pallets of infant formula onto a commercial aircraft during Operation Fly Formula at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 25, 2022. The pallets of infant formula will be transported to Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., for further distribution. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Slater)

721 APS supports Operation Fly Formula

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Apiag, 721st Aerial Port Squadron ramp services supervisor, pushes a pallet of infant formula into a commercial aircraft during Operation Fly Formula at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 25, 2022. The infant formula arrived from the Netherlands as part of the U.S. Government’s operation to rapidly import formula due to critical shortages. Hypoallergenic formulas have been prioritized because they serve a critical medical purpose and are in short supply due to a production plant shut down. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Slater)

721 APS supports Operation Fly Formula

Port dawgs from the 721st Aerial Port Squadron push pallets of infant formula inside a commercial aircraft during Operation Fly Formula at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 25, 2022. To help address critical shortages of formula in the United States, approximately 109,000 pounds of infant formula were loaded onto the aircraft, marking the second shipment of formula departing from Ramstein Air Base this week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Slater)

721 APS supports Operation Fly Formula

Twenty-nine pallets of infant formula imported from the Netherlands sit inside a commercial aircraft during Operation Fly Formula at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 25, 2022. To help address critical shortages of formula in the United States, approximately 109,000 pounds of infant formula were loaded onto the aircraft, marking the second shipment of formula departing from Ramstein Air Base this week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Slater)

721 APS supports Operation Fly Formula

Published May 25, 2022
By Senior Airman Taylor Slater
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany --

To help address critical shortages of formula in the United States, approximately 109,000 pounds of infant formula were loaded onto the aircraft, marking the second shipment of formula departing from Ramstein Air Base this week.