US authorities plan to draft in Elite Delta Force commandos to help protect civilian planes, transportation secretary Norman Mineta said. We are asking for expeditious treatment and action by the department of defence to give us some Delta Force folks, he told a news conference, announcing a reopening of US airspace. They are already trained on high-risk situations and it would not take that much more training to put the Delta Forces on the airplane, he added. We are hoping to augment federal air marshals with Delta Forces.
The Delta Force is a highly-secretive US team of anti-terrorist commandos with special training in close-quarter combat and hostage rescues.
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