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Military airlift in October 1973.
Governments rescuing people is only good PR. It reinforces the perceived value of said government and, by extension, the military. One can easily argue other factors should have put into play first. But that tends to keep gov cronies from extracting any and all cash value, first. Or, why infrastructure is neglected.
Rail and ships are the only reasonable way to move large numbers of people.
High value goods are the airplanes natural forte.
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