U.S. Air Force Douglas C-124C <i>Globemaster II</i> aircraft (s/n 52-1060 in front) unload their cargo at <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartier_La_Horie">Phalsbourg air base</a>, France, as part of "Operation Stair Step" during the 1961 <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Crisis_of_1961">Berlin crisis</a>. Federalized Air National Guard units, equipped with <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_F-84F_Thunderstreak">F/RF-84Fs</a> and <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre">F-86Hs</a>, moved into five airfields in northeastern France where they bolstered NATO forces from November 1961 to August 1962 before returning home. Rhein-Main AB based C-124C visited <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giebelstadt_Army_Airfield">Giebelstadt AB</a> near Würzburg (northern Bavaria) in June, 1961. In the background <i>(photo was not taken at Giebelstadt)</i> the little town <a class="external text" href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Kourtzerode">Saint-Jean-Kourtzerode</a> with the chirch <i>Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste</i>.
USAF
1961
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