On May 7, 2018, the U.S. Air Force's Air Mobility Command awarded a delivery order valued at $80,800 to Sun Country, Inc. (doing business as Sun Country Airlines) for domestic charter air transportation services and Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) support. The contract was awarded on a firm fixed-price basis with no set-aside designation, reflecting unrestricted competition. Performance is scheduled for completion by June 1, 2018, with work to be performed in Smyrna, Tennessee. This delivery order falls under the larger Domestic Charter Airlift Services 2014-2016 Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) vehicle, which provides the Air Mobility Command with flexible, on-demand access to commercial airlift capacity for domestic operations.
Sun Country Airlines, a subsidiary of Minnesota Aviation, LLC headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, operates a Boeing 737 fleet and specializes in providing comprehensive air transportation services to the Department of Defense. The company's capabilities encompass passenger transport, cargo movement, aeromedical evacuations, and logistics resupply operations in support of military operations and government missions. As a contractor integrated into the Civil Reserve Air Fleet program—which augments DoD airlift capacity during contingencies through commercial carriers—Sun Country leverages its commercial aviation assets to meet critical federal transportation requirements with rapid deployment capability.