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Berlin airlift

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Noun1.Berlin airlift - airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin

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learned about service to veterans after he was injured during the Berlin Airlift in 1948, and was cared for by devoted volunteers and the DAV.
There were the monumental supply efforts of the Berlin Airlift, and the dogfights in "MiG Alley" in the skies over Korea.
The White House also posted on its Web site a "freedom timeline" that spotlighted uplifting episodes in American history, such as the liberation of slaves via the Underground Railroad and the Berlin Airlift that brought humanitarian aid to trapped Germans at the end of World War II.
 
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