{"id":17193,"date":"2020-10-18T15:19:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T15:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/10\/18\/candy-bomber-during-berlin-airlift-glides-into-milestone-birthday\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:29:29","slug":"candy-bomber-during-berlin-airlift-glides-into-milestone-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/10\/18\/candy-bomber-during-berlin-airlift-glides-into-milestone-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Candy Bomber\u2019 during Berlin Airlift glides into milestone birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PROVO, Utah \u2014 Retired Air Force Col. Gail S. Halvorsen changed the course of history with just two pieces of gum. Now has made a bit of his own history. Halvorsen turned 100 years old this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For all that has been written and documented, and all the awards that have been given, the infamous \u201cCandy Bomber\u201d or \u201cUncle Wiggly Wings\u201d \u2014 as the children of Berlin called him \u2014 Halvorsen\u2019s story never gets old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born Oct. 10, 1920, in Salt Lake City, Halvorsen spent most of his childhood in rural Idaho and in Garland, Utah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a boy, he loved airplanes and dreamed of flying them one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Halvorsen graduated from Bear River High School in 1939. He went on to spend a brief time at Utah State University in Logan. He also joined the Air Force ROTC and got his private pilot\u2019s license in 1941.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To understand why Halvorsen is beloved by the people in Germany and Berlin, you must understand what happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Halvorsen joined the Air Force in 1942. After training, he served in the South Atlantic theater flying planes for the foreign transport service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For whatever he accomplished during the war years, it was the years just following World War II that changed his life forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/salute-veterans\/2019\/05\/12\/baseball-field-dedicated-to-98-year-old-us-wwii-veteran-as-germans-recall-berlin-airlift\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19131487803151.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Baseball field dedicated to 98-year-old US WWII veteran as Germans recall Berlin Airlift<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Berliners on Sunday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the day the Soviets lifted their blockade strangling West Berlin in the post-World War II years with a big party at the former Tempelhof airport in the German capital.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The devastation left behind from the war included a split in philosophies on how Germany, and particularly Berlin and its people, should be handled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Soviets had set up a blockade, including barbed wire fencing and cut off ground travel into Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the U.S. and its allies began a massive airlift of food, water and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main cause of the Berlin Blockade was the Cold War, which was just getting started, according to Halvorsen\u2019s autobiography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to make sure Berliners had food, \u201cOperation Vittles\u201d was organized under Gen. William H. Tunner, commander of the Combined Airlift Task Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Halvorsen was reassigned to the area to help fly missions in what is now known as the Berlin Airlift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Western allies had a written agreement allowing for air travel to Tempelhof air field, but not ground travel permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Operation Vittles filled C-47s and C-54 cargo planes with tons of flour, dried milk, dried eggs, dried potatoes, coal and other rations. They came from two air bases into Tempelhof and exited one way out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The planes, including ones flown by Halvorsen, were landing every 13 minutes to help the nearly 2 million starving Germans. That went on from July 1948 to September of 1949.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs I look back at Operation Little Vittles and the years that have followed, there is one human characteristic above all others that gave it birth \u2013 the silent gratitude of the children at a barbed wire fence in Berlin, July 1948,\u201d Halvorsen wrote in his autobiography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Halvorsen saw 30 children holding onto the fence and watching as the planes would land, unload and take off again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While his plane was being unloaded, Halvorsen went over to the children and spoke to them. Many spoke some broken English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey did not beg for chocolate,\u201d Halvorsen said. \u201cFlour meant freedom. They would not lower themselves to ask for more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Halvorsen wanted to give them all something but reached into his pocket and found two pieces of gum. He broke those in half and told them to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pieces were broken into smaller pieces and when there was not more, the children without took the pieces of paper wrapping up to their nose and smelled the mint flavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"915\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Candy-Bomber.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Candy-Bomber.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Candy-Bomber.jpg.jpg?resize=300,229 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Candy-Bomber.jpg.jpg?resize=768,586 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Candy-Bomber.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,781 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Berlin children gaze hopefully at the sky on Oct. 4, 1948, waiting for candy bars to be dropped from an airlift  C-54 Skymaster passing overhead. (AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI was astounded. I wanted to do more. That is when I promised them I would drop chocolate bars out of my plane on little parachutes the next time I flew into Tempelhof,\u201d Halvorsen said. \u201cThey said they would share. The children wrote letters to express their gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Halvorsen added, because of the gratitude of the children the two sticks of gum became 23 tons of chocolate and other treats from my buddies and me and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This act of service picked up momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With so many planes, the children were afraid they would miss him. So, Halvorsen agreed to wiggle his wings so they would know it was him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It should be noted here that Halvorsen did not have clearance to do Operation Little Vittles, but when called to see the commanding officer, he was told that he was doing a great deal of good and to keep doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, as Halvorsen said, from small things comes that which is great, and chocolate and candy companies started donating, groups back home sent handkerchiefs and string. It was now an enterprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To this day, with many of the children old themselves, Halvorsen still receives love and affection from the German people.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2015\/07\/04\/candy-bomber-drops-sweets-from-utah-s-air-for-july-4\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635716227772285864-candy-djpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">&#8216;Candy Bomber&#8217; drops sweets from Utah&#8217;s air for July 4<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A pilot who delivered candy to children in Berlin at the end of World War II parachuted sweets down to Orem to celebrate Independence Day.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Halvorsen finally did go home and met up with a sweet young woman, Alta Jolley, whom he had met at college. They were married and in the course of time had five children and several grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1951 and 1952, he earned bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in aeronautical engineering from the University of Florida as an assignment from the Air Force Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1958, Halvorsen was transferred to the Air Force Space Systems Division of Air Force Systems Command in Inglewood, California. Halvorsen\u2019s job included research and development on various space projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most notable of these was the Titan III launch vehicle program, which he helped chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his career, he also worked on and developed plans for the advanced manned reusable spacecraft, space policy and procedures, and on the Manned Orbital Laboratory Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After numerous assignments, he was eventually assigned to be deputy chief of staff for research and development at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20290076317470.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Gail Halvorsen, also know as the &quot;Candy Bomber,&quot; poses for a portrait at his son's home in Midway, Utah, on Oct. 7, 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-35292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20290076317470.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20290076317470.jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20290076317470.jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20290076317470.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20290076317470.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gail Halvorsen, also know as the &#8220;Candy Bomber,&#8221; poses for a portrait at his son&#8217;s home in Midway, Utah, on Oct. 7, 2020. (Isaac Hale\/The Daily Herald via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By 1969, Halvorsen was preparing to turn in his retirement papers. He received a call asking if he had done so and questioned what the Air Force could be thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It wasn\u2019t the U. S. Air Force but the Germans that were doing much of the thinking. They had requested that for his last stint, Halvorsen would return to Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In July of 1970, Halvorsen became the new commander of Tempelhof Airport in Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGeneral (Joseph R.) Holzapple thought it would be a good idea to have me return to the scene of my airlift days,\u201d Halvorsen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After four years at Tempelhof, Halvorsen retired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 1976 to 1986 he served as assistant dean of Student Life at Brigham Young University. Following that retirement he and his wife Alta served a one-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to her death in 1999, the Halvorsens served another 18-month LDS mission to St. Petersburg, Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After his beloved Alta died, Halvorsen was reunited with his high school sweetheart, Lorraine Pace. They married in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over his lifetime, the Candy Bomber has made hundreds of candy drops. First as missions similar to the airlift in places such as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Japan, Guam and Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also has taken his \u201csweet\u201d message of gratitude to many schools and events throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he turns 100, he shares a couple of the things he has learned along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Children hold the future of the entire world in their hands. Our children and everyone\u2019s children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Give service to others if you seek genuine fulfillment. The Dead Sea is dead because it does not give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 If there is conflict when you make a decision, put principle before pleasure. The Berlin kids did. Freedom sometimes in the dim future was more important to them than the pleasure of enough food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 11-12, 2019, Berliners celebrated the 70th anniversary of the day the Soviets lifted their blockade strangling West Berlin in the post-World War II years with a big party at the former Tempelhof airport in the German capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the invited guests of honor: U.S. pilot Gail Halvorsen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 11, a baseball field at Tempelhof airport was named after him \u2014 the \u201cGail S. Halvorsen Park \u2014 Home of the Berlin Braves\u201d in honor of his help for Berliners during the Cold War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dressed in a military uniform, Halvorsen told Berlin\u2019s mayor Michael Mueller that \u201cit\u2019s good to be home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired Air Force Col. Gail S. 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