Operation Burnout: 433rd AW Airlifts $5 Billion in Seized Narcotics for Destruction
- Category
- Counter-narcotics
- Source
- DVIDS (CENTCOM / DoD)
In a massive demonstration of rapid global mobility and interagency cooperation, 433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Airmen partnered with Drug Enforcement Administration personnel to execute an interagency joint mission- Operation Burnout- the largest recorded aerial transport of hazardous narcotics for destruction.
Over the course of three days, from May 18 to May 20, 2026, the 433rd AW mobilized a C-5M Super Galaxy to transport 22 pallets - approximately 50 metric tons - of seized narcotics.
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Source:
DVIDS (CENTCOM / DoD)