(1945–1991), the West Berlin air corridors, also known as the Berlin corridors and control zone, were three regulated airways for civil and military air traffic...
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infringements upon Allied air corridors, and fielded the political ramifications of Eastern Bloc defectors escaping into West Berlin by aircraft. Tensions...
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Allies out of Berlin by imposing a land blockade on the western sectors—the Berlin Blockade. The West responded by using its air corridors for supplying...
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After the Allied Control Council had agreed upon West Berlin Air Corridors under control of the Berlin Air Safety Center, these opened in February 1946,...
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Air Berlin was able to access the West Berlin airline market. During the Cold War, Berlin's special political status meant that the air corridors into...
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Airway (aviation) (redirect from Air corridor)
air corridors defined by the commander in charge of the airlift. Subsequent flights, both military and civilian, between West Germany and West Berlin during...
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conduct covert reconnaissance flights through the West Berlin Air Corridor, also known as the Berlin corridors and control zone. On 23 December 1999, the U...
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the people of West Berlin, a difficult feat given the size of the city and the population. American and British air forces flew over Berlin more than 250...
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Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter (redirect from US Air Force C-97C (50-0702))
53–106 was operated by the CIA for covert ELINT operations in the West Berlin Air Corridor. KC-97G dual-role aerial refueling tankers/cargo transportation...
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7499th Support Group (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
Fürstenfeldbruck, the 7499th continued to fly frequent missions in the West Berlin Air Corridors. As the Soviets modernised their units and increased their presence...
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Soviet Union, access to West Berlin by air was restricted to three 10,000 ft (3,000 m) high and 20 mi (32 km)-wide air corridors, for exclusive use by aircraft...
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unviable. West Berlin's special legal status during the Cold War era (1945–1990) meant that all air traffic through the Allied air corridors linking the...
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Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter (category Air refueling)
Central Intelligence Agency for covert ELINT operations in the West Berlin Air Corridor. C-97G 135 KC-97Gs converted to transports. GKC-97G Five KC-97Gs...
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by US, British and French governments to supply West Berlin from the air. Specific air corridor and flight safety guarantee arrangements from the 1940s...
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priority was given to supplying Berlin by air, as the Soviet blockade had little effect on the three Berlin air corridors. The Soviet Union did not initially...
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corridor that brought supplies from the western zones of Germany to West Berlin. In response, an increased number of aircraft brought supplies by air...
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Thomas McInerney (category United States Air Force generals)
November 1960. He participated in the Berlin and Cuban crises in 1962, flying escort missions in the West Berlin Air Corridor and escort reconnaissance missions...
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County. The MetroWest Chamber of Commerce has a service area that includes these nine towns plus Westborough. The 495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership calls...
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denounced as "complete trash" by West Berlin Mayor Walter Momper. Hundreds of refugees crowded onto the steps of the West German embassy in Prague, enraging...
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RAF Gatow (category Airports in Berlin)
Agreement to use the airspace over both West and East Berlin, as well as the air corridors to and from West Germany to the city. In the 1950s the base...
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1961 F-84 Thunderstreak incident (category 1961 in West Germany)
32 of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) crossed into East German airspace because of a navigational error, before landing at Berlin Tegel Airport. The...
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of spectators, the Union-Klub started looking for a new site to the west of Berlin by the time they settled upon a site in Ruhleben, where the club would...
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Trans-European Transport Network (redirect from Trans-European corridors)
EA) on 31 December 2013. The tenth and newest project, the Rhine-Danube Corridor, was announced for the 2014–2020 financial period. TEN-T guidelines were...
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The Berlin Brigade was a US Army brigade-sized garrison based in West Berlin during the Cold War. After the end of World War II, under the conditions of...
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Battle of Halbe (category Battle of Berlin)
forests south of Berlin to link up with the German Twelfth Army commanded by General Walther Wenck with the intention of heading west and surrendering...
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Führerbunker (redirect from Hitler's Berlin bunker)
(German pronunciation: [ˈfyːʁɐˌbʊŋkɐ] ) was an air raid shelter located near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. It was part of a subterranean bunker...
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non-combat roles such as air-sea rescue, scientific and military research, and missile tracking and recovery. During the Berlin Airlift it hauled coal and...
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The battle in Berlin was an end phase of the Battle of Berlin. While the Battle of Berlin encompassed the attack by three Soviet fronts (army groups)...
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Germany via the West Berlin air corridors) USAFE Warrior Preparation Center (USAFE WPC), at Einsiedlerhof Storage Annex in Kaiserslautern (West Germany), a...
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buildings numbered 7, 3, 10, 4, and 8 (from west to east). Twice a year, in mid-November and in late January, the corridor lines up lengthwise with the position...
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