Airmen from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, watch as the parachute deploys and a box of humanitarian goods travels to the Yap Islands below during Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 14. Operation Christmas Drop is the Air Force's longest-running humanitarian which began in 1952. What started as a WB-50 aircrew returning to Guam on its final flight before Christmas has turned into the longest running humanitarian campaign in the history of the U.S. Air Force and the entire world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson)
Airmen from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, lookout upon the Islands of Yap prior to pushing a box of humanitarian assistance goods out of a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules call sign "Santa 23" to its drop-zone during Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 14. Operation Christmas Drop is the Air Force's longest-running humanitarian which began in 1952. Airmen today continue the tradition delivering supplies to remote islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Yap, Palau, Chuuk and Pohnpei. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson)
Capt. Phillip Newman, a 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules pilot from Yokota Air Base, Japan, looks out upon the Yap Islands during Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 14. Airmen from the 36th Wing, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam and the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, come together each year as a part of a training exercise to drop thousands of pounds of donated supplies over the Micronesian Islands. This year more than 60 boxes will be dropped to 55 Island weighing in at more than 20,000 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson)
Loadmasters from 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, Airman 1st Class Brandon Lee and Senior Airman Joseph Doria, review mission documents after completing airdrops over the Yap Islands of Woleai Falalop, Woleai Tagailap, Woleai Saliap, Woleai Wottegai, Woleai Falalis and Eauripik with a combined population of more than 1,140 people during Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 14. Airmen from the 36th Wing, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam and the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, come together each year as a part of a training exercise to drop thousands of pounds of donated supplies over the Micronesian Islands. This year more than 20,000 pounds of supplies, worth more than $93,000 will be dropped over 55 Micronesian Islands throughout the week. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson)
Cutline Senior Airman Joseph Doria, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster from Yokota Air Base, Japan, and Capt. Stanley Kimball, 36th Airlift Squadron flight surgeon, watch after pushing a box of humanitarian assistance goods out of a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules, call sign "Santa 23" to its drop-zone in Yap Islands during Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 14. This year more than 60 boxes will be dropped to 55 Island weighing in at more than 20,000 pounds.(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson)
Airmen from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, lookout upon the Islands of Micronesia during Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 14. Operation Christmas Drop is the Air Force's longest-running humanitarian which began in 1952. Airmen today continue the tradition delivering supplies to remote islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Yap, Palau, Chuuk and Pohnpei. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson)
Airman 1st Class Brandon Lee, a 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster from Yokota Air Base, Japan, reviews mission procedures during Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 14. Airmen from the 36th Wing, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam and the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, come together each year as a part of a training exercise to drop thousands of pounds of donated supplies over the Micronesian Islands. This year more than 20,000 pounds of supplies, worth more than $93,000 will be dropped over 55 Micronesian Islands throughout the week. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson)
Senior Airman Joseph Doria, a 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster from Yokota Air Base, Japan, speaks with Armed Forces Network Tokyo, broadcaster Senior Airman Chad Usher and 36th Wing, Public Affairs, broadcaster Airman 1st Class Mariko Frazee about the airdrop route during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 14. Airmen from the 36th Wing, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam and the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, come together each year as a part of a training exercise to drop thousands of pounds of donated supplies over the Micronesian Islands. This year more than 20,000 pounds of supplies, worth more than $93,000 will be dropped over various Micronesian Islands throughout the week. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson)
Staff Sgt. Keo Khamone, a 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster from Yokota Air Base, Japan, prepares goods for take-off during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 14. Airmen from the 36th Wing, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam and the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, come together each year as a part of a training exercise to drop thousands of pounds of donated supplies over the Micronesian Islands. This year more than 20,000 pounds of supplies, worth more than $93,000 will be dropped over various Micronesian Islands throughout the week. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson)
Airmen from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, load boxes of donated goods worth more than $93,000 onto a C-130 Hercules prior to take-off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 14. This year more than 60 boxes will be dropped to 55 Island weighing in at more than 20,000 pounds. Operation Christmas Drop is the Air Force's longest-running humanitarian which began in 1952. Airmen today continue the tradition delivering supplies to remote islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Yap, Palau, Chuuk and Pohnpei. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson)
An Airman from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, loads boxes of humanitarian assistants goods onto a C-130 Hercules prior to take-off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 14. This year more than 60 boxes will be dropped to 55 Island weighing in at more than 20,000 pounds. Operation Christmas Drop is the Air Force's longest-running humanitarian which began in 1952. Airmen today continue the tradition delivering supplies to remote islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Yap, Palau, Chuuk and Pohnpei. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson)
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