GENERAL WILLIAM H. TUNNER AND THE BERLIN AIRLIFT
Lieutenant General William H. Tunner single-handedly revolutionizedmilitary transport operations of the United States Air Force. Hisspanned thirty years and included distinguished service in World War II andHis greatest contribution to wartime military transport operations were inlogistics and mission safety, as well as for his crucial role in re-across enemy territory in Operation "Hump" in 1944. A native of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Tunner graduated from the UnitedMilitary Academy in 1928, a commissioned second lieutenant, and then inthe Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field in Texas. (1) He began as athe Ferrying Command, which grew to become the Air Transport Command underleadership, and later expanded to incorporate naval transport operations as While General Tunner distinguished himself during wartime, he is asremembered for directing a peacetime operation to supply the civilianBerlin-then the world's fifth largest city of 2.5 millionair during the Berlin Airlift of 1948 as for hi
Very shortlythereafter, theywere accompanied by RAF jet interceptors and a fighting squadron of thelatestAmerican F-80 "Shooting Star" jet fighters. Tunner: A Brief Biography (1997)post-war reconstruction of Germany. Tunner: A Brief Biography (1997)awards and medals, including four Distinguished Service Medals, theDistinguishedFlying Cross, Military Merit Tackuk Medal with Silver Star and the Knight-Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal RepublicofGermany, signed by Karl Carstens, FRG President approximately one yearbefore hisdeath on April 6, 1983 at the age of seventy-seven. During that time, he was awarded more thana dozen 14.
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