Mission Updates & Events
Leadership Transition at the Candy Bomber Foundation: Dr. James R. Stewart Passes the Torch to Lorene Moore
SPANISH FORK, UTAH — After eleven years of extraordinary leadership, Dr. James R. Stewart, Colonel, USAF (Ret.), is stepping down as Executive Director of the Candy Bomber Foundation. As one of the Foundation’s founding leaders, Dr. Stewart has helped shape a hopeful...
2024 Veteran’s Day Fun Run
The Candy Bomber Foundation is excited to announce the Children of the American Revolution Wasatch Range Chapter 2024 Veteran's Day Fun Run on November 9 at American Heritage School in American Fork, UT. WHEN: Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 12:00 Noon The Children of...
Airlift/Tanker Association Symposium 2024
The Candy Bomber Foundation is excited to participate in the 2024 Symposium and Convention of The Airlift/Tanker Association at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas as an exhibitor again this year. When: October 31 - November 3, 2024 The Airlift/Tanker Association...
75th Anniversary of the end of the Berlin Blockade
It's a time of celebration in Berlin as veterans, Berlin kids, government officials, and Halvorsen family members gather at the Blockade Memorial at Tempelhof to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the end of the Berlin Blockade.
Get Your Gala Tickets: Berlin Airlift Mission Accomplished!
Our Mission Continues Celebration May 18th, 2024 Come celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Airlift and the groundbreaking of the Halvorsen Heritage Center on May 18th at the Spanish Fork Airport!!! 2:00pm Groundbreaking at the North end of the...
The Candy Bomber
You may have noticed that our website has a new address! The Halvorsen Aviation Foundation wouldn't exist without our namesake, Gail Halvorsen, the famous Berlin Candy Bomber. This month marks two years since his passing. We honor his memory and express our love for...
A/TA Conference in Grapevine, TX 2023
This year the Airlift/Tanker Association Conference was held in Grapevine, Texas at the Gaylord Convention center. There was a large turnout of Airlift professionals—around 4,000! Colonel Gail Halvorsen loved the A/TA, and was honored to be in their Hall of Fame. He...
2023 Bear River High School Veterans Day/ Art Against Walls
Today there was an assembly held at the Bear River High School in Garland Utah to celebrate Veteran's Day. Colonel Gail Halvorsen's story was highlighted by three of his children, Brad, Denise and Marilyn. Bear River High...
Art Against Walls, October 2023
When Colonel Gail Halvorsen spoke to the children attending the Gail S. Halvorsen Schule—an elementary school named in his honor in Berlin, Germany—he always encouraged them to have grateful, hopeful hearts and to spread that hope and faith in a better future to...
Happy Birthday Gail!
Today is Colonel Halvorsen's 103rd birthday. We love and miss him and remember him with joy and tenderness.