In 1948, the Soviet Union initiated a blockade of the Western zone of the city of Berlin. 'America'’s contributors and ...

On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, a key Cold War moment impacting Berliners, politics, and global ...

BERLIN — Berlin paid tribute today to veterans of the 1948-49 Berlin Airlift in which the Western allies flew vital supplies into West Berlin, a key Cold War moment that forced the Soviets to lift ...

Frankfurt, Germany, July 7, 1948: Berlin Airlift pilots receive their final orders before flying another load of coal out of Rhein-Main Air Base, one of the two hubs (along with Wiesbaden) of the ...

BERLIN — With oil prices on a record flight path, the global-aerospace industry will focus on improved efficiency and developments in alternative fuels at the International Berlin Air Show this week.

Long Island played a key role in a storied chapter at the beginning of the Cold War known as the Berlin Airlift. June 26 marked the 75th anniversary of the start of the pivotal campaign during which ...

Every military conflict contains situations that eventually become its defining symbols. The Berlin airlift, initiated in response to the Soviet blockade of western-controlled sectors of the city in ...

RHEIN-MAIN AIR BASE, Germany — Harold Nance went through two combat tours in Vietnam and still he says his work with the Berlin Airlift from 1948 and 1949 was his toughest assignment. Nance was one of ...

This summer marked the 60th anniversary of the Allies' airlift of food and medicine into West Berlin in East Germany, an attempt to avert a potential crisis from a blockade by the Soviet Union. The ...