Korean Airlift Explained

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.

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

External links

• Korean Airlift
• Fact Sheet

Notes and References

1. Book: Services, United States Congress House Committee on Armed . 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 . 1966 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 6931, 6939 . en.
2. Book: Airlift Tanker: History of U.S. Airlift and Tanker Forces . 1995 . Turner Publishing Company . 978-1-56311-125-9 . 20 . en.