Korean Airlift

Wounded arrived to Tokyo base by C-124 within Korean Airlift in 1952

The Korean Airlift was a military operation during the Korean War by the United States Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, and other air forces participating in the United Nations action. Beginning in 1950 under the command of Major General William H. Tunner, it provided air support to the war in Korea.

The Airlift provided such things as:

landing and dropping supplies
troop transport
paratroop operations
psychological operations
medivac and air rescues

Participating Units

USAF Combat Cargo Command (Provisional)
RCAF

References

↑ Services, United States Congress House Committee on Armed (1966). Military Airlift: Hearings Before the Special Subcommittee on Military Airlift of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, Eighty-ninth Congress, First and Second Sessions. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 6931, 6939.
↑ Airlift Tanker: History of U.S. Airlift and Tanker Forces. Turner Publishing Company. 1995. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-56311-125-9.

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