Berlin Airlift Dispensed Food, Delivered Blow To Communism
With the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift approaching in
June, the US Air Force is taking steps to recognize the massive
operation that relieved some 2.5 million beleaguered Berlin
residents and stretched the Soviet Union's Iron Curtain at its
seams.
EADS Socata announced recently the first flight of an
avionics-upgraded Embraer EMB 121 Xingu of the French Military Air
Transport Flight School, based in Avord. The one-hour, 15-minute
flight validated the system improvements implemented during a
15-month intensive avionics modernization program led by EADS
Socata for the French armed forces’ in-service Xingu
fleet.
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