A NATO strategic airlift programme helped deliver urgently needed medical supplies to Slovakia on 25 March 2020. An Antonov AN-124 transport ferried facemasks, surgical gloves, protective suits and other supplies on a nonstop flight that started in Leipzig/Halle airport, Germany, stopped for cargo in Tianjin, China, and landed in Bratislava. The aircraft was chartered under the NATO-managed Strategic Airlift International Solution, or SALIS, which allows any of the nine participating NATO countries access to up to five AN-124s.
Allied airlift delivers COVID-19 supplies to Slovakia
A NATO strategic airlift programme helped deliver urgently needed medical supplies to Slovakia on 25 March 2020. An Antonov AN-124 transport ferried facemasks, surgical gloves, protective suits and other supplies on a nonstop flight that started in Leipzig/Halle airport, Germany, stopped for cargo in Tianjin, China, and landed in Bratislava. The aircraft was chartered under the NATO-managed Strategic Airlift International Solution, or SALIS, which allows any of the nine participating NATO countries access to up to five AN-124s.