"This publication appears on the occasion of the Deutschlandjahr 2018/19 in the USA and is a reprint of the 2008 edition, which was published to mark the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift"--p.

When it comes to food airdrops like the one in Gaza that President Biden recently authorized, the United States has a long history to draw on. Seventy five years ago, the Berlin Airlift of 1948/49 ...

Gail Halvorsen, 97, flew C-47 cargo planes filled with food during the Berlin Airlift in 1948-49. He is famous for adding candy to the relief supplies for Berlin's children. For years, he has ...

Germany marks 70 years Tuesday since the start of the Berlin Airlift, a spectacular humanitarian rescue mission amid the first major Cold War crisis between the West and Soviet Union. For almost a ...

Every military conflict contains situations that eventually become its defining symbols. The Berlin airlift, initiated in response to the Soviet blockade of western-controlled sectors of the city in ...

A C-54 Skymaster lands at Berlin’s Templehof airport during the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49. Volunteer Chuck Karrick of Omaha puts a fresh coat of black paint on the tires while restoring a ...

Berlin's Tempelhof Field used to be a massive airport. It's famous as the site of the Berlin airlift — the effort in 1948-49 to keep West Berlin fed and supplied during a Soviet blockade. But the ...

I see the same child every day. He is small and happy, catching a candy bar in his hand, with an ear-to-ear smile. Every time I pass him, it triggers the same thought: What can we do – what can I do – ...