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At the Vienna summit on 4 June 1961, tensions rose. Meeting with US President John F. Kennedy, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev reissued the Soviet ultimatum to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and thus end the existing four-power agreements guaranteeing American, British, and French rights to access West Berlin and the occupation of East Berlin by Soviet forces. [1]
Berlin Crisis: C-97 Stratofreighter; assigned to 133d ATW; Augmented MATS airlift capability 133d Air Transport Wing: Minnesota: 1 October 1961: Minneapolis-St Paul MAP, MN: 31 August 1962: Berlin Crisis: C-97 Stratofreighter; Augmented MATS airlift capability 134th Tactical Fighter Group: Tennessee: 1 November 1961: West Germany: 15 August 1962
The 53d Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit, ... February 1959, February–July 1960, and 5 January 1961 – April 1962) ... Germany, 22 ...
They receive the 1961 Bendix Trophy for their flight. May 26 – A U.S. Air Force B-58 Hustler flies from New York City to Paris in a record 3 hours, 19 minutes, 41 seconds, covering the 4,612-mile (7,427-km) distance at an average speed of 1,386 miles per hour (1,205 knots; 2,232 km/h). [2] Its crew will receive the Mackay Trophy for the ...
The worst disruption to this was in 1948 during the Berlin Blockade when supplies could only be brought in by air – the famous Berlin Airlift – although Allied military convoys could pass through East Germany en route to Berlin. The border could be crossed legally only through a limited number of air, road, rail and river routes.
The air corridors connected the three West Berlin airports of Tempelhof, Tegel and Gatow with other airfields/airports. Each air corridor was only 20 mi (32 km) wide, while the circular-shaped control zone had a 20 mi (32 km) radius, making it 40 mi (64 km) in diameter; thus allowing aircraft room to manoeuvre for weather and take-off and landing.
This particular C-54 played a supporting role in the Berlin Airlift, when American and British planes ferried food and fuel to sections of the German capital for more than a year after the Soviet ...
The 61st Airlift Squadron is a ... and participated in the Western Allied invasion of Germany, ... 23 March-22 Aug 1959; 1 January 1960 – 31 December 1961; 1 ...