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Cold War-era 'Candy Bomber,' no stranger to Travis, dies at 101

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen, known as the Cold War-era Berlin “Candy Bomber,” died Wednesday in Provo, Utah, after a brief illness. He was 101. Halvorsen, who in recent years visited airmen at Travis Air Force Base, started his career in 1942 in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He se
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Gail S. Halvorsen, the Berlin Candy Bomber, dies in Utah at 101

Gail S. "Hal" Halvorsen died Thursday night at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo after a brief illness. He was 101. Halvorsen was known as the Berlin Candy Bomber. As an Air Force pilot in World War II, he dropped candy to children in Germany in an effort known as Operation Little Vittles.
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