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226K views · 10K reactions | The Berlin Airlift ended 70 years ago this week. In a 15-month Operation, the RAF, United States Air Force, and international partners had supplied two million people in the blockaded city of West Berlin. In a novel contribution to the Operation, the RAF flew Sunderland Flying Boats into Berlin. The Sunderlands flew 395,751 miles throughout the Airlift, flying in 4,500 tons of food and evacuating 1,100 refugees. | Royal Air Force | Facebook

8K views · 563 reactions | Today marks the 75th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, one of the largest humanitarian aid missions in history! From June 1948 to September 1949 US, UK, and other allied forces delivered 2.3 million tons of food, fuel and supplies to West Berlin https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3439311/remembering-the-epic-triumph-of-the-berlin-airlift-secretary-kendall-airlift-pa/ | United States Air Force | Facebook