Military plane carrying 39 tons of baby formula arrives in U.S.

Indianapolis — Enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles arrived Sunday in Indianapolis, the first of several flights carrying infant formula from Europe expected this weekend to relieve the deepening shortage in the U.S.

The formula, weighing 78,000 pounds, or 39 tons, was being transported by military plane, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One as President Biden flew from South Korea to Japan. 

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Indianapolis to greet the arrival of the first shipment.