Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yuni na shekara ta 1948, Tarayyar Soviet, a wani yunƙuri na fitar da Allies daga Berlin, ta rufe duk hanyoyin ruwa, jirgin ƙasa, da kuma hanyoyin mota
zuwa yammacin birnin. An tilasta su zabi tsakanin watsi da Berlin ta Yamma ko kuma samar da dukkan kayayyaki ta jirgin sama, kasashen yamma sun fara jigilar kayayyaki da kayan aiki masu mahimmanci zuwa cikin birni da aka kewaye. Jirgin sama, wanda aka yi wa lakabi da "Operation Vittles", ya zama mafi girman aikin jigilar kayayyaki na kowane lokaci. Babban aikin jirgin sama na Berlin shi ne jirgin saman C-54 Skymaster, kuma Kelly ne kawai ajiya a kasar da ke gyarawa da kuma maye gurbin Pratt da Whitney R2000 injuna da aka yi amfani da su a kan jirgin sama. A ranar 31 ga Disamba, Sashin Bayarwa ya aika da injunan R2000 1,317 na dala miliyan 1.7 don jigilar jirgin sama.