State Department uses Patriots team plane to evacuate Americans from Middle East

The plane, displaying the Patriots logo and colors, landed in Washington, D.C., Friday morning, according to the State Department. 

"Americans boarding one of the many State Department charter flights leaving the Middle East to the U.S.," Johnson wrote on X. "This plane landed safely this morning in Washington."

A source told Fox News Digital the Patriots "encourage" the charter company that operates the team planes "​​to use them for missions like this and other humanitarian and national interest type missions" when the planes are not being used by the team.  

"We are moving thousands of people out of various Countries throughout the Middle East. It is being done quietly, but seamlessly," he wrote Friday. "The State Department, under Secretary Marco Rubio, is doing a great job!"

The State Department has urged Americans in need of assistance getting out of the Middle East to call its 24/7 hotline at +1-202-501-4444.

Fox News Digital's Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.