With the successful conclusion to the celebrations of D-Day + 80 in Normandy, France, some of the Douglas C-47s from the D-Day Squadron, along with others based in Europe, have continued onwards ...

In the years after Berlin, Delbridge commanded several other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers offices all over the world, including operations in Turkey (now part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

WIESDABEN, Germany - More than 45,000 people attended a celebration at U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden's airfield on Clay Kaserne June 10 and 11 in commemoration of 70 years since the end of the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The U.S. Army celebrated the 75th anniversary of The Berlin Airlift this summer in Wiesbaden, Germany. Missouri’s President Harry S. Truman faced the crisis in the late ...

British airlift operations, including nearly all civilian transport, could provide about 750 tons per day, while the U.S. Air Forces in Europe could add another 225 tons — collectively far less than ...

1 A U.S. Air Force C-54 Skymaster descends into Berlin's Tempelhof Air Base as hopeful Berliners watch on August 10, 1948. The airlift was in operation for 15 months after the Soviet authorities ...

Sam Young, U.S. Army: They said, 'Well, you can buy care packages down at the quartermaster for $12,' and if she didn't eat a lot that would last her for probably a couple, three weeks.

August 12: The U.S. Air Force and the Royal Air Force conduct 707 flights into Berlin and deliver 4,742 tons of supplies, the first time the airlift has exceeded the 4,500 daily threshold deemed ...