Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Rikici na ci gaba
kan Berlin dangantaka mai tsananin gaske tsakanin Tarayyar Soviet da Western Allies (Amurka, United Kingdom, Faransa). A ranar 24 ga Yuni, 1948, Tarayyar Soviet ta toshe hanyar shiga bangarorin Berlin guda uku, wadanda ke cikin zurfin yankin da Soviet ke sarrafawa na Jamus, ta hanyar yanke duk hanyoyin jirgin kasa da hanyoyin da ke wucewa ta yankin da Soviet ke sarrafawa a Jamus. Kwamandan yankin mamaye na Amurka a Jamus, Janar Lucius D. Clay, Amurka, ya ba da umarnin a ranar 25 ga Yuni don ƙaddamar da babban jirgin sama ta amfani da jiragen sama na farar hula da na soja. Rhein-Main Air Base ya zama babban tashar Amurka a yammacin Jamus don jigilar iska. Jirgin sama na 61st TCG ya shiga ta amfani da C-54 Skymasters don jigilar kwal, gari, da sauran kaya zuwa Berlin ta Yamma. An ba da ƙarin Squadrons Carrier Squadrons zuwa rukuni na 61, waɗannan sune 20th, 48th, da 54th.