Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 18 ga Satumba, 1947, an kafa Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Amurka a matsayin rundunar soja daban, tare da TAC a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan umarni. Watanni shida bayan haka, a watan Maris na shekara ta 1948, gwajin farko na ƙudurin Amurka ya fara da
Soviet Union ta kewaye Berlin da kuma buƙatar ikon iska a Turai don jaddada aikin jirgin sama ya zama dole.