In Berlin and the other Western-occupied parts of Germany, the airlift marked the start of a shift from life as a defeated and distrusted adversary to one as an inseparable friend and American ally.

• 对柏林和被西方盟军占领的德国其他地区而言，柏林空运标志着从不受信任的战败敌对国到美国牢不可分的伙伴、盟友的转变。