A unique aspect of the Korean War was the Pacific Airlift, the longest aerial supply line in history. Each day more than 100 tons of emergency items, including major airplane parts, were flown from the U.S. to Japan for trans-shipment to the fighting units. On their return flights to the States, the cargo planes carried seriously sick and wounded men, reducing to a matter of hours a trip that ocean vessels required weeks to complete. This photo shows a C-124 of the Pacific aerial pipeline unloading its cargo in Japan some time in 1952.

Credits - U.S. Air Force Museum