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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A pilot's view of Tempelhof Airport in the American sector of Berlin taken shortly before the blockade that sparked the Berlin Airlift. An existing agreement created three, 20 mile-wide corridors of airspace access to West Berlin, allowing Allied supplies to be dropped into the city without Soviet interference. The only other airport in West Berlin at the start of the blockade was Gatow Airfield in the British sector.

A pilot's view of Tempelhof Airport in the American sector of Berlin taken shortly before the blockade that sparked the Berlin Airlift. An existing agreement created three, 20 mile-wide corridors of airspace access to West Berlin, allowing Allied supplies to be dropped into the city without Soviet interference. The only other airport in West Berlin at the start of the blockade was Gatow Airfield in the British sector.

A pilot's view of Tempelhof Airport in the American sector of Berlin taken shortly before the blockade that sparked the Berlin Airlift. An existing agreement created three, 20 mile-wide corridors of airspace access to West Berlin, allowing Allied supplies to be dropped into the city without Soviet interference. The only other airport in West Berlin at the start of the blockade was Gatow Airfield in the British sector.

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