United States Air Force Academy in El Paso County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Berlin Airlift Veterans

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 10, 2020

1. Berlin Airlift Veterans Marker

Inscription.

In memory of United States
military personnel who served
on the Berlin Airlift
26 June 1948 to 30 September 1949.

Dedicated 30 September 1997

Erected 1997 by Berlin Airlift Veterans Association.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Charity & Public Work • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Cold.

Location. 39° 0.926′ N, 104° 51.31′ W. Memorial is in United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, in El Paso County. It can be reached from Parade Loop. Marker is in the United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, on Parade Loop west of Stadium Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: USAF Academy CO 80840, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Front Range

and in Pikes Peak Region.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Comanchería.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 20^th Air Force (here, next to this marker); 18th Fighter Group • 318th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); Seventh Fighter Command (here, next to this marker); 499th Bombardment Group (VH) (here, next to this marker); 497th Bombardment Group (VH) (here, next to this marker); 414th Fighter Group • 506th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 15th Fighter Group • 21st Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 500th Bombardment Group (VH) (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in United States Air Force Academy.

More about this memorial. Must have a valid ID to enter the USAF Academy grounds.

Also see . . .
1. What Was The Berlin Airlift?. Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation (Submitted on December 5, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

2. Berlin Airlift. US Department of State website entry (Submitted on December 5, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

3. Berlin Airlift Timeline. PBS "The American Experience" website entry (Submitted on December 5, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

4. Berlin Airlift Veterans Association.

Berlin Airlift Veterans Marker on Memorial Wall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 10, 2020

2. Berlin Airlift Veterans Marker on Memorial Wall

Association website homepage (Submitted on December 5, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Unloading planes at Tempelhof airport during the Berlin Airlift image. Click for more information.

via DoD, unknown

3. Unloading planes at Tempelhof airport during the Berlin Airlift

"The Berlin Airlift: What It Was, Its Importance in the Cold War"
Department of Defense website entry
Click for more information.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 19, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 224 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on December 19, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.