ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Tech. Sgt. Harper Douglas, 374th Maintenance Squadron crew chief, inspects a tire for wear on a C-130 Hercules in support of Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 18. Operation Christmas Drop, the longest running humanitarian airlift mission in the world, delivers supplies to remote islands of the Federated States of Micronesia - Yap, Palau, Chuuk and Pohnpei. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Spinner)

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ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - The 36th Airlift Squadron used the low cost aerial delivery system for the first time during Operation Christmas Drop. This was the first step in validating the new capability. The 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron personnel rigged 57 bundles to support 12 sorties, to 51 islands covering a geographic area of more than 1.8 million square miles in support of Operation Christmas Drop. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Spinner)

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ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Tech. Sgt. Gale Nyhus, 36th Airlift Squadron load master, inspects a bundle to ensure the chute is rigged properly in support of Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 18. Operation Christmas Drop, the longest running humanitarian airlift mission in the world, delivers supplies to remote islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands of Yap, Palau, Chuuk and Pohnpei. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Spinner)

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ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Senior Airman Eel Peterkin, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron Senior Rigger, packs a chute in support of Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 18. The Combat Mobility Flight personnel rigged 57 bundles to support 12 sorties, to 51 islands covering a geographic area of more than 1.8 million square miles. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Spinner)

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ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - (left) Tech. Sgt. Michael Glover, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron combat mobility flight noncommissioned officer in charge, and Senior Airman Eel Peterkin, Senior Rigger, stow lines on a chute in support of Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 18. The Combat Mobility Flight personnel rigged 57 bundles to support 12 sorties, to 51 islands covering a geographic area of more than 1.8 million square miles. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Spinner)

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Operation Christmas Drop - Day 3

Published Dec. 17, 2009

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