Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 18 o Mahuru 1947, i whakatūria te United States Air Force hei kaha hōia motuhake, ko TAC tētahi o ōna whakahau nui. E ono marama i muri mai, i te Poutu-te-rangi 1948, ka tīmata te whakamātautau tuatahi o te whakatau a te Hononga o Amerika ki te aukati o Berlin
i te Soviet Union me te hiahia mo te mana rererangi i roto i Europe ki te whakanui i te misioni rererangi he mea tika.