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U.S. sends military planes to deliver aid to Tunisia
U.S. Defense Department announced Friday that two U.S. military aircraft have departed to deliver aid supplies to Tunisia earlier in the day, and will transport Egyptians out of Libya Saturday.
The planes, two C-130s, took off from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to deliver six pallets of aid supplies, including 4,000 blankets, 40 rolls of plastic sheeting, and 9,600 10-liter water containers to Djerba, Tunisia, according to Pentagon Spokesman Dave Lapan.
"Those two aircraft stopped in Italy, where they picked up humanitarian assistance from the USAID ... warehouse," Lapan said, adding the planes will return to Tunisia Saturday to transport Egyptians trapped near the Tunisia-Libya border back home.
The flights are part of U.S. Africa Command-led Operation Odyssey Dawn, which is providing humanitarian assistance to people fleeing Libya. President Barack Obama announced Thursday he has authorized the use of military aircraft to help Egyptians who have fled to the border between Libya and Tunisia to get back home.
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