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The Berlin Airlift ran 1948–1949. When kindness took flight — literally.

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The Airlift supplied West Berlin after the Soviet blockade began in 1948, continuing into 1949. Aircraft delivered millions of tons of supplies, becoming a major early Cold War event.

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