The squadron deployed to NAS Argentia in Newfoundland on 4 January 1948 to conduct cold-weather operations and provide services to Commander Task Force 61. On 26 June, Russia and East Germany closed Berlin to all traffic except for specified air lanes. The Western Allied air forces began the Berlin Airlift (which became known as Operation Vittles) to sustain the city. VP-HL-6 flew a number of missions to bring medical supplies to airfields in the Allied zone of occupation, where they were transferred to unarmed transport aircraft flying missions into Berlin. The blockade was lifted in May 1949. In March of that year, the squadron's headquarters and home port were changed from NAS Patuxent River in Maryland to NAS Port Lyautey; the squadron detachment at NAS Port Lyautey became a full squadron, with a detachment at NAS Patuxent River.