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=== Humanitarian operations === [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1985-064-10A, Frankfurt-Main, Luftbrücke, Flugzeuge.jpg|thumb|right|A row of [[Douglas C-54 Skymaster]]s during the [[Berlin Airlift]] in 1949]] The USAF has also taken part in numerous humanitarian operations. Some of the more major ones include the following:<ref>The primary source for the humanitarian operations of the USAF is the United States Air Force Supervisory Examination Study Guide (2005)</ref> * [[Berlin Blockade#The Berlin Airlift|Berlin Airlift (Operation Vittles), 1948–1949]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/Article/3072635/the-berlin-airlift-what-it-was-its-importance-in-the-cold-war/|title=The Berlin Airlift: What it was, it's importance in the Cold War|date=June 22, 2022|last=Lange|first=Katie|website=[[United States Department of Defense]]|access-date=June 1, 2024}}</ref> * [[Operation Safe Haven (1957)|Operation Safe Haven, 1956–1957]] * Operations [[Operation Babylift|Babylift]], [[Operation New Life|New Life]], [[Operation Frequent Wind|Frequent Wind]], and [[Operation New Arrivals|New Arrivals]], 1975<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dia.mil/News-Features/Articles/Article-View/Article/566960/remembering-the-first-operation-babylift-flight/|title=Remembering the first Operation Babylift Flight by DIA History Office|date=April 3, 2014|website=dia.mil|access-date=June 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://amcmuseum.org/history/operation-babylift-and-new-life/|title=Operation Babylift & New Life|website=Air Mobility Command|access-date=June 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/AFMC-News/Article/3593059/history-in-two-operation-new-arrival-eglin-provides-new-hope-to-refugees/|title=History in two: Operation New Arrival – Eglin provides new hope to refugees|last=Landers|first=Alan|date=November 17, 2023|website=Elgin Air Force Base|access-date=June 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/1975_the_fall_of_saigon/Operation-FREQUENT-WIND/|title=Operation Frequent Wind Overview April 29, 1975|website=Vietnamwar50th.com|access-date=June 1, 2024}}</ref> * [[Operation Provide Comfort]], 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/02/06/operation-provide-comfort-a-forgotten-mission-with-possible-lessons-for-syria/|title=Operation Provide Comfort: A forgotten mission with possible lessons for Syria|last=Ricks|first=Thomas|date=February 6, 2017|website=Foreign Policy|access-date=June 1, 2024}}</ref> * [[Operation Sea Angel]], 1991<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/perspective/news/model-disaster-management-1736545|title=28 years since Operation Sea Angel: A model in disaster management|last=Protik|first=Bir|date=April 30, 2019|website=thedailystar.net|access-date=July 19, 2023}}</ref> * [[Operation Provide Hope]], 1992–1993<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.usafe.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/254409/operation-provide-hope-reaches-out-to-ukraine/|title=Operation Provide Hope reaches out to Ukraine|last=Voss|first=Michael Sgt Tech|website=usafe.af.mil|date=14 October 2010 |publisher=U.S. Air Forces In Europe & Air Forces in Africa|access-date=July 19, 2023}}</ref> * [[Operation Provide Promise]], 1992–1996<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/197596/usaf-humanitarian-efforts-in-bosnia-herzegovina/|title=USAF Humanitarian Efforts in Bosnia–Herzegovina|website=nationalmuseum.af.mil|publisher=National Museum of the United States Air Force|access-date=July 19, 2023}}</ref> * [[Operation Unified Assistance]], [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|December 2004 – April 2005]] * [[Operation Unified Response]], 14 January 2010 – 22 March 2010<ref>{{Cite web |title=Operation Unified Response Air Mobility Command's Response to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake Crisis |url=https://www.amc.af.mil/Portals/12/documents/AFD-131018-050.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417144102/http://www.amc.af.mil/Portals/12/documents/AFD-131018-050.pdf |archive-date=17 April 2018 |access-date=9 July 2018}}</ref> * [[Operation Tomodachi]], 12 March 2011 – 1 May 2011<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yesterday's Air Force: Operation Tomodachi |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/691286/yesterdays-air-force-operation-tomodachi/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708221024/http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/691286/yesterdays-air-force-operation-tomodachi/ |archive-date=8 July 2018 |access-date=5 April 2019 |website=U.S. Air Force |date=11 March 2016}}</ref>
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