Latest 'Vector' remembers Berlin Airlift

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  • By Janie Santos
  • Air Force News Agency
SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) --  The latest Chief of Staff's Vector remembers the Berlin Airlift and discusses how today's mobility Airmen are following the examples of Airmen past as visible signs of U.S. compassion and resolve.

"Day or night, operating from pavement or dirt, our Airmen deliver the goods, the gas and the warfighters beyond oceans, into hostile territory, and across the last tactical mile," said Gen. T. Michael Moseley,  the Air Force chief of staff.

"They resupply mobile units in nearly impossible to reach places with the remarkable joint precision airdrop system's steerable parachutes and GPS guidance. They relieve nearly 3,500 vehicles and 9,000 convoy operators per month from having to travel treacherous Iraqi and Afghan roads," General Moseley said.

The general said mobility Airmen provide unrivaled global reach for the nation's joint forces, reconfirming every day what they demonstrated during the Berlin Airlift: Air mobility is an Air Force core competency.

This CSAF Vector and other senior leader viewpoints can be found in the Library section of Air Force Link.

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