U.S. military pilot Gail S. Halvorsen — known as the “Candy Bomber” for his candy airdrops during the Berlin airlift after World War II ended — has died at age 101. Halvorsen died Wednesday following ...

On the 75th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift on Sunday, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius hailed the Allies' robust stance against Soviet intimidation, and called for international solidarity ...

February 4-11: President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchilll, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta and confirm a plan to divide both Germany and the city of Berlin ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Shortly before a small band of World War ll veterans gathered in France this week for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, ...

BERLIN — Berlin paid tribute Tuesday to veterans of the 1948-49 international airlift of vital supplies to West Berlin, a key moment in the Cold War when the Soviets were forced to lift their blockade ...

EDWARD GOLDSTEIN, af.mil Special to The Gazette Jul 2, 2023 Jul 2, 2023 ARLINGTON, Va. • Seventy-five years ago, midway through a century marred by bloody conflict, the world faced a grave new crisis.

First Lt. Randolph "Randy" Tully, who would later become a prominent Rantoul businessman, flew the first plane into Berlin at the start of the airlift in 1948. He would go on to fly numerous plane ...

DENVER — U.S. military pilot Gail S. Halvorsen — known as the “Candy Bomber” for his candy airdrops during the Berlin airlift after World War II ended — has died at age 101. Halvorsen died Wednesday ...

Gail Halvorsen, also know as the "Candy Bomber," poses for a portrait at his son's home in Midway, Utah, on Oct. 7, 2020. (Isaac Hale/The Daily Herald via AP) DENVER — U.S. military pilot Gail S.

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