Berlin airlift

Cuban missile crisis, major confrontation at the height of the Cold War that brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of a shooting war in October 1962 over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba. The crisis was a defining moment in the presidency of John F. Kennedy.

Beloved "candy bomber" to thousands of Berlin children, Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen parachuted hope into a city facing its darkest hour.

The Cold war began in June 1948 with the Berlin Blockade by the Soviet Union.

This Day in History: After 15 months and more than 250,000 flights, the Berlin Airlift ends on September 30, 1945. Repinned by www.gorara.com

During a 30-year military career he saw duty as a Navy combat pilot in the Pacific during World War II, a photo reconnaissance pilot in China and a C-54 jockey in the Berlin Airlift. Later, he flew…

The millionth bag of coal to be delivered during the Berlin Airlift handed down from a US Skymaster to pilot Sergeant Clyde Peterson and Group Captain B C Yarde at Gatow Airport, Berlin.

An Avro York aircraft (MW105) of RAF Transport Command getting ready for take off at Wunstorf, Germany during the Berlin Airlift.

More than 9,000 allied troops were killed or wounded in the D-Day invasion of Normandy,...

Tempelhof Airport 1948.