CLINTON, KOHL MARK BERLIN AIRLIFT 50TH ANNIVERSARY

From: Regulatory Intelligence Data | Date: May 14, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

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BERLIN (AFNS) -- Thousands of Berliners and veterans turned out for a ceremony on the sun-drenched tarmac of Tempelhof Airport May 14, where the leaders of Germany and the United States dedicated an aircraft of today to a city saved from a Soviet blockade 50 years ago.

President Bill Clinton and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl dedicated an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III as the "Spirit of Berlin" during the first event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. The airlift was a U.S.-led effort to supply West Berlin's 2.5 million people with food ...

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