Tusi se faaauauina mo lenei palakalafa - Sa toe faafouina Sculthorpe mo le faaaogaina e le USAF i le taimi o le Berlin Crisis
i le 1949 ma mulimuli ane, i le 1952, na avea ai ma nofoaga mo le 49th Air Division (Operational) ma le 47th Bombardment Wing, o ē na nonofo ai mo le sefulu tausaga. O le 49th Air Division na faʻaauau pea le faʻatonutonuina o le 47th Bomb WG ma le 20th Fighter-Bomber Wing lea na tuʻuina atu ai le auupega faaniukilia lagolago i le Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). Mulimuli ane, na tuuina atu i le 81st Fighter-Bomber Wing se gafatia faaniukilia ma tofia i le puleaina o gaoioiga a le 49th Air Division.