Both Air Force and Navy personnel and aircraft took part in the 14month Operation Vittles to provide over 2 million tons of food. fuel. and medicine to Berlin and her beleaguered population of 2.500.000 people. MATS has demonstrated its capabilities in other dramatic airliftsthe Pacific airlift in support of United Nations forces in Korea. the airlift of highpriority cargo and personnel during the construction of Thule Air Base in Greenland. Operation Wounded Warrior. airlift of United Nations troops and equipment to the Suez Canal Zone. and the Hungarian refugee airliftOperation Safe Haven. When the Korean war began in the summer of 1950. MATS was delivering approximately 70 tons of cargo to the Far East each month.