The Berlin Airlift is monumental for humanitarian aid! It also showed the #airbornemafia that sustainment via airhead alone was possible.

I am delighted to share that my first book, "The Airborne Mafia," is under contract with Cornell University Press Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History series. Subtitle subject to revision. Look for it sometime in early 2025! #AirborneMafia

Helluva thread, long (45 tweets) but interesting, for all current and former Paratroops that remember the #AirborneMafia days #AATW and then some! ...

XVIII Airborne Corps & Fort Liberty Good thread, I remember the report and the change in 1983 right before we (COHORT I) deployed to Vicenza, Italy leaving the 2/325th PIR and becoming the 4/325th ABCT. It was a big deal and we were glad to have our own dedicated Aviation Units. #AirborneMafia is real for a reason.