Retired Air Force Col. Gail S. Halvorsen, aka the "Candy Bomber" for dropping candy to children out of his plane during the Soviet blockade of West Berlin, turned 100 years old this month.
By Genelle Pugmire, (Provo, Utah) Daily Herald via the AP
Berliners on Sunday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the day the Soviets lifted their blockade strangling West Berlin in the post-World War II years with a big party at the former Tempelhof airport in the German capital.
A huge aircraft formation was part of Air Mobility Command’s inaugural Mobility Guardian — a two-week training exercise incorporating more than 3,000 service members, 40 U.S. aircraft and 20 international partners.