Military plane from Europe carrying 35,380 kg of baby formula lands in U.S.

A military plane carrying enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles arrived Sunday in Indianapolis, the first of several flights expected from Europe aimed at relieving a shortage that has sent parents scrambling to find enough to feed their children.

U.S. President Joe Biden authorized the use of air force planes for the effort, dubbed “Operation Fly Formula,” because no commercial flights were available.

The formula weighed 35,380 kilograms (78,000 pounds), White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One as Biden flew from South Korea to Japan.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Indianapolis to