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Senate recognizes Berlin Airlift anniversary

A C-47 Skytrain recevies minor engine repairs during the Berlin Airlift in 1948. (Courtesy photo)
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Senate recognizes Berlin Airlift anniversary

Workers service an engine on the engine buildup line at Rhein Main Air Base, Germany in 1948. Here the engines used on C-54 Skymasters flying the airlift to Berlin were disassembled, checked, worn parts replaced, reassembled and returned to service on the aircraft. (Courtesy photo)
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Senate recognizes Berlin Airlift anniversary

Radio calls from incoming aircraft were monitored by personnel at the traffic control point during the Berlin Airlift in 1948. The traffic control point used this information to help facilitate loading operations. Pictured are from Left to right: Lt. Howard L. Pruden, Lt. Ralph A. Lerch, Driver Peter K. Davis, Driver James Anderson, Lance Cpl. Horton Albert, Capt. Donald Barker. (Courtesy photo)
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First SECAF

W. Stuart Symington, first Secretary of the Air Force. (courtesy photo)
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2nd Lt. Lloyd H. "Pete" Hughes, Medal of Honor recipient.

Second Lt. Lloyd H. "Pete" Hughes, Medal of Honor recipient. Exact date of photo is unknown, perhaps soon after his pinning ceremony, Nov. 10, 1942. (Photo courtesy Rebecca Ann Jordan)
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Pilot's survivors thankful for determined historian

2nd Lt. Harold E. Hoskin, shown in a 1943 photo, was buried in a ceremony Sept. 7 at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Lieutenant Hoskin was one of five men who were flying in a B-24 Liberator that crashed while on a test flight Dec. 21, 1943, out of Ladd Field in Fairbanks, Alaska. Lieutenant Hoskin's remains were discovered in August 2006 and identified in April 2007. (Courtesy photo)
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Pilot's survivors thankful for determined historian

A 1943 photo shows the crash site of a B-24 Liberator, which went down in the Alaskan wilderness. The remains of 2nd Lt. Harold E. Hoskin, a World War II Army Air Force member, were recovered from the crash site in August 2006 and identified in April 2007. Lieutenant Hoskin's remains were interred Sept. 7 at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia( Courtesy photo)
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Purple heart

First Lt. Leo Bach (front, center) poses with aircrew members from the 381st Bomb Group. All crewmembers on Lieutenant Bach's B-17 Flying Fortress survived the attack from the German Luftwaffe. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force authorizes Berlin Airlift streamers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen displays the newly authorized Berlin Airlift streamer presented to him Oct. 29 here at the Airlift Tanker Association convention. Units that participated in the 1948-1949 humanitarian airlift can include the streamer on their units' guidons. Colonel Halvorsen is known as the "Candy Bomber" for dropping candy from his aircraft to German children during the airlift. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Air Force authorizes Berlin Airlift streamers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen holds the newly authorized Berlin Airlift streamer after Gen. Duncan J. McNabb presented it to him Oct. 29 here at the Airlift Tanker Association convention. Units that participated in the 1948-1949 humanitarian airlift can include the streamer on their units' guidons. Colonel Halvorsen is known as the "Candy Bomber" for dropping candy from his aircraft to German children during the airlift. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Lt. Col. Addison E. Baker

Lt. Col. Addison E. Baker (Courtesy photo)
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Brig. Gen. James H. Howard

Brig. Gen. James H. Howard (courtesy photo)
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C-97 Stratofreighter

C-97 Stratofreighter, history spotlight graphic, U.S. Air Force graphic
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Honoring the past

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Mark Schissler (left) returns a Japanese flag to Manshichi Saeki during a ceremony here Aug. 6. The flag belonged to Mr. Saeki's older brother who died fighting against American forces during World War II. Colonel Schissler is commander of the 374th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)
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Purple Heart presentation

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Retired Lt. Col. Wayne Ehlers wears the Purple Heart that was presented to him July 26 for being wounded in combat nearly 60 years ago while flying over his target in Germany during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by: Airman 1st Class Bernice Suarez)
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Museum receives 11,000-pound stone roller from China

DAYTON, Ohio -- U.S. Air Force Museum technician Roberta Carothers measures a recently donated stone roller before its display in the museum's air power gallery. The stone roller was used to compress gravel for runways as long as 8,500 feet in Kunming, China. The runways were used by the Flying Tigers and other aircraft during World War II. (U.S Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Gailyn F. Whitman)
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Tiger by the tale

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Airman 1st Class John Purser sits in a vintage P-40 Warhawk in a hangar here during a Flying Tiger reunion June 1 to 6. The Flying Tigers were originally known as the American Volunteer Group that was recruited in 1941 to help China defeat Japan. The group's Chinese supporters referred to them as the Flying Tigers, and the Tigers evolved into the 23rd Fighter Group in 1942. Airman Purser is assigned to the 23rd Maintenance Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cassandra J. Locke)
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Living legends

NUTHAMPSTEAD, England -- Aircraft mechanics with the 398th Bombardment Group change a B-17 Flying Fortress engine here. During the group's stay in England from May 1944 to April 1945, the 398th flew 195 missions and lost 292 men and 70 B-17 aircraft in combat. (Courtesy photo)
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Living legends

OVER GERMANY -- B-17 Flying Fortresses from the 398th Bombardment Group fly a bombing run to Neumunster, Germany, on April 13, 1945. On May 8, Germany surrendered, and Victory in Europe Day was declared. (Courtesy photo)
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RF-84 Thunderflash

The RF-84 "Thunderflash" flies a training mission. The aircraft was the reconnaissance version of the F-84 Thunderjet, the Air Force's first post-war fighter. During its service life, the F-84 became the first USAF jet fighter able to carry a tactical atomic weapon.
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