Korean Airlift

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Wounded arrived to Tokyo base by C-124 within Korean Airlift in 1952 Army medics carry wounded UN personnel to waiting ambulances, after the patients' arrival at Tokyo base in a C-124 - NARA - 542319.tiff
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. [1] [2] Beginning in 1950 under the command of Major General William H. Tunner, it provided air support to the war in Korea.

Contents

The Airlift provided such things as:

Participating Units

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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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