Candy Bomber Successor Takes Flight as USAF Celebrates 75 Years
The end of WWII saw the German capital, Berlin, become a divided city within a divided country. In 1948, when the Soviets attempted to cut off Western access to West Berlin—which was located deep inside Soviet-controlled East Germany—the newly-formed United States Air Force and the R.A.F. undertook a year-long initiative to airdrop food, fuel, and medical supplies to West Berliners.