Operation baby lift 1975
Vietnamese orphans are flown out
The Boeing 747 also made aviation history for evacuation flights. This was the case with the Israelis’ “Operation Salomon” or the US “Operation Baby Lift” at the end of the Vietnam War.
Image 1 of 8 of the photo gallery to click: In the final stages of the Vietnam War, orphans sit on board a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy wide-body transport aircraft.