Korean Cargo Jet Uses El Toro
A Korean Air Boeing 747 cargo plane this week became the first foreign air carrier to land at the Marine Corps Air Station here to take on supplies destined for the Persian Gulf, a base spokesman said Friday.
Marine Lt. Gene Brown said, however, that the KAL flight was not the first foreign-based airline to be used in the Mideast crisis by the United States.
He said Saudi airliners have been used at other U.S. military airfields, under contract to the Military Airlift Command.
Korean Air’s role in ferrying supplies was disclosed Friday in Seoul by the Korea Times, although Korean government officials had declined to confirm the report.
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