Korean Airlift


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] Begun in 1950 under the command of Major General William H. Tunner, it provided air support to the air war in Korea.

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

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
  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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