Word: 130s
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...right to limit flight altitudes in the corridors. The Chiefs weighed the idea, agreed that the U.S. ought to establish its right to fly the corridors at any altitude it deems necessary; in the event of another Berlin blockade, the Air Force will certainly use the huge C-130s for long-distance hauls, which would require higher altitudes than the short prop hauls made by piston-driven C-47s, C-119s and C-548. The Chiefs got President Eisenhower's approval, sent the order, waited for the reaction...