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Candy Bomber meets Airman whose grandparents his Berlin airdrops saved
Col. Gail Halvorsen, the Berlin Airlift “Candy Bomber,” greets Senior Airman Andreas Gehde, a client systems technician from the 521st Air Mobility Operations Group, during the 2019 Airlift/Tanker Association conference in Orlando, Fla., Oct. 24. During their conversation, Gehde related to Halvorsen that his relief airdrops helped save the lives of his grandparents, who were trapped without aid during the Soviet Blockade of Berlin in 1948-49. (U.S. Air Force photo by Col. Damien Pickart)

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Photo by: Col. Damien Pickart |  VIRIN: 191031-F-ED706-0001.JPG