Tempelhof Airport Prepares For Last Day Of Operation

Getty Images (by Event) Individuals;  October 7, 2008 ;   Sean Gallup;   62 words ...Tempelhof Airport Prepares For Last Day Of Operation Full Size JPG...airliner from Czech airline CSA stands on the tarmac at Tempelhof Airport on October 7, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Tempelhof Airport, known for its role in the Berlin Airlift of 1948, will officially close ...

Tempelhof Airport To Be Decommissioned

Getty Images;  June 29, 2007 ;   Sean Gallup;   131 words ...Sean Gallup Getty Images 06-29-2007 Tempelhof Airport To Be Decommissioned Full Size JPG (627 KB) BERLIN - JUNE 29: A plane stands on the tarmac at Tempelhof Airport June 29, 2007 in Berlin, Germany. Tempelhof Airport, first built in 1923 and extended into its current...was used ...

TO GO WITH AFP STORIES ABOUT THE 60th BERLIN AIRLIFT ANNIVERSARY...

Getty Images;  June 23, 2008 ;   STF;   141 words ......WITH AFP STORIES ABOUT THE 60th BERLIN AIRLIFT ANNIVERSARY... Full Size JPG...WITH AFP STORIES ABOUT THE 60th BERLIN AIRLIFT ANNIVERSARY FILES - A 1948 file...force on the tarmac of Berlin's Tempelhof Airport during the Berlin Airlift. On June 25, 1948, the western...on ...

Unveiling of U.S. stamp kicks off Berlin airlift commemorations

AP Online;  June 26, 1998 ;   ANNE THOMPSON Associated Press Writer;   517 words ......AP Online 06-26-1998 BERLIN (AP) _ Fashions from...anniversary of the start of the Berlin airlift, and the city is showing...airlift stamp Friday at Tempelhof Airport, the main base of operations...the division of West Berlin into American, British...water routes to West ...

CLINTON, KOHL MARK BERLIN AIRLIFT 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  May 14, 1998 ;   INDSTRY GROUP 91;   515 words ......the sun-drenched tarmac of Tempelhof Airport May 14, where the leaders...50th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. The airlift was a U.S...the airlift, and to all Berlin Airlift veterans who we said showed...retired Col. Gail Halvorsen, a Berlin Airlift pilot, and from ...

60TH ANNIVERSARY OF BERLIN AIRLIFT COMMEMORATED

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 14, 2008 ;     558 words ......aviation events in history; the Berlin Airlift. Mr. Robert Frye, producer and director of the film "The Berlin Airlift", came to the Raptors Nest here...and told a brief story of the Berlin Airlift. Three years after World War II...

U.S. stamp kicks off Berlin airlift events

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 27, 1998 ;     91 words ......weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Berlin airlift, and the city is showing its gratitude with romantic tributes...Service unveiled its 50th anniversary airlift stamp Friday at Tempelhof Airport, the main base of operations for the 15-month airlift that...

TRIUMPH OF SPIRIT' HONORS BERLIN AIRLIFT

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  June 9, 1998 ;   INDSTRY GROUP 91;   787 words ......500 people, including more than 20 Berlin Airlift veterans, here May 26. The original...commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift for an audience of international political...gathered for the Air Force's salute to the Berlin Airlift. The production featured Brig. Gen...

-U.S. AIR FORCE: 'Triumph of Spirit' honors Berlin Airlift

M2 Presswire;  June 10, 1998 ;     787 words ......AIR FORCE: 'Triumph of Spirit' honors Berlin Airlift (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...500 people, including more than 20 Berlin Airlift veterans, here May 26. The original...commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift for an audience of international political...

Statistics about the Berlin airlift

AP Online;  May 9, 1998 ;   The Associated Press;   134 words ...The Associated Press AP Online 05-09-1998 Some facts on Berlin airlift: Duration: 462 days; June 26, 1948-Sept. 30, 1949. Flights...23 tons. Built during Soviet blockade: second runway at Tempelhof airport; Tegel airport, now Berlin's busiest; foundation for a...

BERLIN AIRLIFT VETS RETURN TO GERMANY FOR ANNIVERSARY

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 26, 2008 ;     787 words ......northern Germany at the start of the Berlin Airlift, not the historical significance of...happening in Berlin. Her search found the Berlin Airlift Veterans Association and he became...company. "I didn't even think about (the Berlin Airlift) much," he said. "I'm not even sure...

NEW STREET SIGNS HONOR HEROES OF BERLIN AIRLIFT

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  April 16, 1998 ;   INDSTRY GROUP 91;   320 words ......servicemembers who died during the Berlin Airlift. The signs were relocated from nearby...died in action while serving in the Berlin Airlift between 1948 and 1949. The actual airlift...this is the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. Relocation of the signs was a verbal...

Berlin's Tempelhof airport, famed for Cold War airlift, to close in fall...

AP Worldstream;  July 4, 2003 ;     264 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: BERLIN Berlin's Tempelhof airport, famed for its role in the Cold War Berlin Airlift, will close in the fall of 2004, the city's airport authority said Friday. The last flights will leave Tempelhof at the end of...

Remembering The Berlin Airlift, 60 Years Later

NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  September 14, 2008 ;   LIANE HANSEN;   729 words ...Remembering The Berlin Airlift, 60 Years Later Host: LIANE HANSEN...food and supplies. The 15-month Berlin airlift was a great humanitarian and political...Spangled Banner") JAMES: At Berlin's Tempelhof airport, which was the center of the airlift...all too well. In the main hall at ...

VICE CHIEF, LEGENDARY PILOT COMMEMORATE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF BERLIN AIRLIFT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 29, 2008 ;     460 words ......commemorative panel discussion of the Berlin Airlift May 27 in Berlin. The Air Force Association...present and future operations. "The Berlin Airlift was a seminal moment for airpower and...freedom-loving people around the world." The Berlin Airlift, which lasted more than 15 ...