
BERLIN – MAY 12: A special Berlin Airlift ring of Gail S. Halvorsen, veteran of the US Air Force is seen during the ceremony for the 60th anniversary at Tempelhof airport on May 12, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. US, British and French veterans joined today to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Airlift which sustained 2 million citizens of West Berlin with food and fuel for almost a year after Soviet Union blocked Western force’s road and rail access to the city, known as the Berlin Blockade. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images). Copyright 2009 Getty Images. All rights reserved.