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Approximately 150 Military Aircraft Arriving In North Texas From East Coast Due To Hurricane Dorian

August 29, 2019 / 4:00 PM CDT / CBS Texas

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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - The U.S. military has started moving aircraft from the East Coast to the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth as part of preparations for Hurricane Dorian's landfall over the weekend.

Approximately 150 aircraft will be arriving in the next couple of days.

They'll be coming from as far south as Key West, Florida to as far north as Beaufort, South Carolina.

Aircraft will begin arriving late Thursday afternoon and are expected to continue flying in Friday and Saturday.

Some of the aircraft expected to arrive include C-40s, P3s, P8s, F-5s, F-16s, F-18s, F-22s and F-35s.

A F16 fighter jet of the United States Air Force performs a manoeuvre during a flying display on the inaugural day of the five-day Aero India 2019 airshow at the Yelahanka Air Force station, in Bangalore on February 20, 2019. - (MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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