Instead, the airlift continued to expand until the end of the war, after delivering 650, 000 tons of supplies, gasoline, and military equipment.

The airline was formed to replace the lift Tower Travel Corporation lost when Flying Tiger Line decided to end commercial passenger charters ( military airlift cargo flights continued ) and the three passenger 747s were traded to Pan Am for freighter 747s.

The Regular Air Force 53d WRS was inactivated in June 1991 for budgetary reasons and its mission assumed by the 815th TAS, which continued its airlift role as well.

The airlift began in April 1942, after the Japanese blocked the Burma Road, and continued on a daily basis from May 1942 to August 1945, when the effort began to scale down.

The Hump airlift delivered approximately 650, 000 tons of materiel Under Hardin, tonnages increased but so did expectations and frustrations ; morale and safety concerns continued to plague the operation.

The Hump airlift continued beyond the end of the war.

He was instrumental in expanding the Hump airlift operation with additional, more capable transport aircraft, and continued Stilwell's programs to train, equip, and modernize the Nationalist Chinese Army.

As the airlift continued, TAC also transferred available C-54s to Europe, where they were assigned to the troop carrier groups that had been sent to Germany for the airlift.

Despite the resumption of surface traffic into the city, the airlift continued until 30 September to mass a reserve of food, fuel, and other supplies in the event the Soviets reimposed the blockade.

Although SAC's 308 SMW and its Titan II ICBMs continued to be a major tenant, the base's primary mission became C-130 tactical airlift operations and training, with two operational C-130 squadrons assigned and two C-130 training squadrons assigned.

Major Kean saw Ambassador Martin to request that he contact the Oval Office to ensure that the airlift continued.

A US-funded airlift of ammunition and rice ended when Congress refused additional aid for Cambodia.

In Cambridge Bay, Nunavut | Cambridge Bay, Canada in May 2009, the Mars Institute's Moon-1 HMMWV Rover waits for a C-130 Hercules from the 109th Airlift Squadron to airlift it to Resolute Bay Airport.

* 1965 – Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States.

* November 6 – Freedom Flights begin: Cuba and the United States formally agree to start an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States ( by 1971 250, 000 Cubans take advantage of this program ).

The Maryland State Police Aviation Division provides helicopter airlift support to the Fire Department for rescue / serious medical transport to regional trauma and medical centers.

Owing to heavy demand for additional civilian airlift capacity, the airline leased a further two Freighters from the Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Gollancz's campaign for the humane treatment of German civilians involved efforts to persuade the British government to end the ban on sending provisions to Germany and ask that it pursue a policy of reconciliation, as well as organising an airlift to provide Germany and other war torn European countries with provisions and books.

" McNamara also increased long-range airlift and sealift capabilities and funds for space research and development.

SAC's 301st Air Refueling Wing arrived from Rickenbacker AFB, Ohio and was responsible for the operation of KC-135R Stratotankers, refueling fighter, bomber, airlift, special operations and strategic reconnaissance aircraft worldwide.

The wing is part of Air Mobility Command and provides the Department of Defense a fast, flexible and responsive airlift capability, with a primary mission to develop and sustain expeditionary Airmen to deliver global airlift for America.

Together, the two wings fly 50 C-17 Globemaster IIIs to provide combat airlift for America.

The 92 ARW is responsible for providing air refueling, as well as passenger and cargo airlift and aero-medical evacuation missions supporting U. S. and coalition conventional operations as well as U. S. Strategic Command strategic deterrence missions.

: The 92nd OG provides air mobility for America through air refueling, airlift, and operational support.

Chennault had long argued for expansion of the airlift, doubting that any ground supply network through Burma could provide the tonnage needed to re-equip Chiang's divisions.

RLAF transport capacity was augmented to 13 Douglas C47s, and were used for the RLAF's first significant airlift when they carried three battalions of Royal Lao troops to Sam Neua.

It was transformed it into an airlift base for military flights to the Pacific islands, ordering all scheduled service to move to San Francisco International Airport.

Just in time, three Burgundian youngsters learn about this crisis and toss food across the border, setting an example for sympathetic Londoners ; they begin throwing food parcels across the barrier in an improvised " airlift ", echoing the one that ended the Berlin blockade.

A non-flying wing, the 11 WG is responsible for maintaining emergency reaction rotary-wing airlift and other National Capital Region contingency response capabilities critical to national security, and for organizing, training, equipping and deploying combat-ready forces for Air and Space Expeditionary Forces ( AEFs ).

: The 11th Wing is responsible for maintaining emergency reaction rotary-wing airlift and other National Capital Region contingency response capabilities critical to national security, and for organizing, training, equipping and deploying combat-ready forces for Air and Space Expeditionary Forces ( AEFs ).

The Berlin airlift, conducted by the three western Allies, overcame this blockade by supplying food and other supplies to the city from 24 June 1948 to 11 May 1949.

On July 11, 2011 ornge Air Medivac announced that it will open a 24 hour base to help cut the airlift response time to Toronto hospitals.

Operation Balak lasted three months, during which time Levett managed to airlift tons of arms, ammunition and personnel.

In 1942 Chiang Kai-shek insisted that at least 7, 500 tons per month were needed to keep his field divisions in operation, but this figure proved unattainable for the first fifteen months of the Hump airlift.

After several months of airlift operations, it was clear that the two freight facilities in Berlin, Gatow ( In the British Sector ) and Templehof ( In the US Sector ) were just too small for the volume of supplies being transported.

Over two months Victoria troop-carriers of 70 squadron played central role in the airlift of 586 British and European officials and civilians flying over mountains at a height of up to 10, 000 ft ( 3, 048m ) often in severe weather.

Just a few months later, in March 1948 the first test of the United States ' resolve began with the blockade of Berlin by the Soviet Union, and the need for tactical air power in Europe to underscore the airlift mission was necessary.

After a year of operation, HQ USAFE felt the limitations of helicopter airlift were not worth the costs, and decided to eliminate the 23d Helicopter Squadron from its force structure after fourteen months in Europe.

Several months later, a giant airlift operated directly from Baghdad to Lod airport.

AMC Airmen — active duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and Civil Reserve Air Fleet-provide airlift and aerial refueling for all of the United States ' armed forces.

Air assault should also not be confused with forms of military transport operations known as air landing, airlift, or airbridge, that all require an already secured place to land — an airhead.

Ford approved a plan between the extremes in which all but 1, 250 Americans — few enough to be removed in a single day's helicopter airlift — would be evacuated quickly ; the remaining 1, 250 would leave only when the airport was threatened.

The 1st Fighter Wing assumed responsibility of three additional missions — air control, airlift, and search and rescue:

In 1978, it established an Aeromedical Isolation Team ( AIT ) — a military rapid response team of doctors, nurses and medics, with worldwide airlift capability, designed to safely evacuate and manage contagious patients under BSL-4 conditions.