Air Force Veteran Gail 'Candy Bomber' Halvorsen Dies at 101

Col. Gail "Candy Bomber" S. Halvorsen, a pilot that dropped 23 tons of candy during the Berlin Airlift to starving German children, has passed away at 101.

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