Word: airlifting
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Dates: during 1948-1948
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Said Major General William H. Tunner: "We look upon the airlift not as an end in itself. It is an exercise in the technique of using big airplanes in a manner hitherto unknown...
...Like a Boid." Tunner's men show little evidence that they know they are engaged in one of the most dramatic military operations in history-and one of the most significant. The atmosphere of the airlift is tense, but not excited. TIME Correspondent Alfred Wright took a typical trip on the airlift on Oct. 1. His report...
What Might Be the Answer. Out of 700 such flights every 24 hours-many of them much tougher than that-the airlift is built. It sounds easy, but few dreamed that 2,500,000 (more people than live in Philadelphia) could be fed for months, perhaps indefinitely...
...triumph of organization and improvisation that made it possible is what Tunner means by "using airplanes in a manner hitherto unknown." For strategists the airlift has a meaning far beyond its immediate goal of feeding blockaded Berlin. The U.S. Army has never fought a major foreign campaign more than 300 miles from salt water. Suppose it had to fight in the heart of a continent? An airlift like Berlin's might be the answer...
...localized news until it squeaks," says the Duchess. "If I can make my Aunt Kate back in Pontiac really understand ECA or the airlift or what they're talking about in Congress, then I've got something that's good for Aunt Kate and makes money for Tufty...