2011年3月9日 · The Berlin Airlift was the name of an operation that carried supplies by plane to the Allied sectors of West Berlin over a Russian blockade in the late 1940s.

The Berlin Airlift, 1948–1949. At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany.

2018年9月14日 · For 18 months, American and British aircrews flew around-the-clock bringing supplies into Berlin, in a mission called the Berlin Airlift. On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union closed all surface routes into the western zone of Berlin.

Smith and his staff developed a complex timetable for flights called the "block system": three eight-hour shifts of a C-54 section to Berlin followed by a C-47 section. Aircraft were scheduled to take off every four minutes, flying 1,000 feet (300 m) higher than the flight in front.

2022年6月24日 · The Berlin Airlift, America's first major test of resolve during the Cold War and one of the largest humanitarian aid missions in history, began 74 years ago.

2023年7月13日 · In the first few months of the airlift chaos was not uncommon in the skies directly over Berlin. Aircraft from eight different airfields in Germany converged on just two in Berlin—Tempelhof, in the American sector, and RAF Gatow, in the British sector.

1998年6月1日 · On Feb. 18, airlifters landed the one millionth ton in Berlin–potatoes aboard a British York aircraft. Day after day, week after week, cargo volume soared and delivery records tumbled as airlift operations reached a crescendo.

WRITTEN HISTORY OF THE BERLIN AIRLIFT. The Lead Up. Genesis of both the Berlin Airlift and the subsequent 40 year Cold War can be placed directly at the meeting of the Allied Leaders at Yalta in January 1945.

2023年11月20日 · Several iconic aircraft participated in the Berlin Airlift; here are five of the best. The Amiot AAC.1 Toucan was the French-built variant of the Junkers Ju52 German transport aircraft, which the French army later inherited after the end of World War II.

The Berlin Airlift: From the position of the cockpit, WWII pilots Chuck Childs and Gail Halvorsen commit themselves to one of the greatest examples of humanitarian aid. The war in Europe was over. The bodies left behind were buried in cemeteries or would never be found.