During 1954 MATS flew the longest aerial mercy mission in aviation history. More than 500 French troops wounded at Dien Bien Phu in Indochina were flown threequarters of the way around the world in Operation Wounded Warrior. In December 1956. the Hungarian refugee airlift Operation Safe Haven and the airlift of the U.N. police troops headed for the Suez area. once again proved that MATS was organized for Dday readiness. MATS flew 9.700 Hungarian refugees to America. including several thousand passengers carried by civil contract airlines. MATS was called on to deliver supplies and equipment in support of Operation Deep Freezeairlift support for Naval Task Force 43 in the Antarctic. Everything from the kitchen sink and a food mixer to a 3ton Weasel and a 7ton tractor was dropped at the Antarctic base.
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