Berlin Celebrates Berlin Airlift 70th Anniversary

BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 11: Gail Halvorsen, 98, a former pilot of the United States Air Force who flew in the Berlin Airlift, poses for a photo as he arrives to the celebration ceremmony at the memorial for the Airlift on May 10, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. Halvorsen is in Berlin to take part in celebrations on the 70th anniversary of the airlift. During the airlift he initiated "Operation Little Vittles", in which he dropped candies attached to little parachutes to children on his approach to Berlin. Allied forces supplied West Berlin with food, fuel, medicine and other vital supplies in a large-scale air operation during a blockade of land routes to the city by Soviet forces from June, 1948 until May, 1949. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 11: Gail Halvorsen, 98, a former pilot of the United States Air Force who flew in the Berlin Airlift, poses for a photo as he arrives to the celebration ceremmony at the memorial for the Airlift on May 10, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. Halvorsen is in Berlin to take part in celebrations on the 70th anniversary of the airlift. During the airlift he initiated "Operation Little Vittles", in which he dropped candies attached to little parachutes to children on his approach to Berlin. Allied forces supplied West Berlin with food, fuel, medicine and other vital supplies in a large-scale air operation during a blockade of land routes to the city by Soviet forces from June, 1948 until May, 1949. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
Berlin Celebrates Berlin Airlift 70th Anniversary
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