The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War period. Simmering tensions between the occupying powers of post-war Berlin boiled over in 1948 when the Soviet Union ...

Hero George "Ed" Kelly, better known as Poppy Man, raised more than £400,000 for the annual Remembrance Day appeal after a ...

The Berlin Airlift was a monumental operation, but it faced significant logistical and political challenges. Pilots and crews worked tirelessly to deliver essential supplies to a blockaded city.

A C-17 of the multilateral SAC Heavy Airlift Wing takes off from the SAC's centre of operations at Pápa Air Base in Hungary. (SAC) While tactical airlift remains accessible to some countries through ...

The third and final crown jewel of Berlin Raceway‘s 2025 season is set to take place Wednesday evening in the prestigious Tekton 250 Battle at Berlin. Since it was created in 2010, the Battle at ...

At Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport one morning last week 10,000 Germans stood silent vigil under a warm spring sun. At last, to the strains of The Star Spangled Banner and God Save the Queen, relatives of ...

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

Said Air Force Major General William H. Tunner, a World War II commander of the India-China airlift: “We who worked the Hump always knew that what was done there could be picked up bodily, carried to ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email WIESBADEN,Germany — Garrison Wiesbaden community members will now see more historic artifacts the next time they ...

Raymond D Roberts, age 92, of Denton, Texas, passed away on August 29th, 2024. He was born on December 10th, 1931, to Joe and Grace (Collins) Roberts in Birdville, Texas. From a young age, Ray was ...

A piece of post-World War II history captivated crowds at the Shop ‘n Save Westmoreland Airshow as a DC-54 four-engine cargo plane was among the attractions. The Douglas DC-54 helped hundreds of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The U.S. Army celebrated the 75th anniversary of The Berlin Airlift this summer in Wiesbaden, Germany. Missouri’s President Harry S. Truman faced the crisis in the late 1940s ...