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Santa 63 brings love from above

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. TJ Yonkauske, a pilot assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, prepares to land a U.S. Air Force C-130J during the last day of flights to drop bundles during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Dec. 10, 2021. OCD is the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian airlift operation, beginning in 1952. Today, airdrop operations include more than 55 islands throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)
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Santa 63 brings love from above

U.S. Air Force crew members fly a U.S. Air Force C-130J assigned to Yokota Air Base, Japan, during the last day of flights to drop bundles during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Dec. 10, 2021. OCD is the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian airlift operation, beginning in 1952. Today, airdrop operations include more than 55 islands throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)
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Santa 63 brings love from above

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kim Doyle, and U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Kans, loadmasters assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, watch as bundles fly off an aircraft during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 10, 2021. Over the course of 10 days, crews will airdrop donated food, clothing, educational materials, and tools to 55 islanders throughout the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)
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Santa 63 brings love from above

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kim Doyle, a loadmaster assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, prepares to drop bundles off a U.S. Air Force C-130J during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 10, 2021. Over the course of 10 days, crews will airdrop donated food, clothing, educational materials, and tools to 55 islanders throughout the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)
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Santa 63 brings love from above

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kim Doyle, a loadmaster assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, performs items off her in flight checklist on a U.S. Air Force C-130J during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 10, 2021. Over the course of 10 days, crews will airdrop donated food, clothing, educational materials, and tools to 55 islanders throughout the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)
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Santa 63 brings love from above

U.S. Air Force crew members take a group photo in front of a U.S. Air Force C-130J assigned to Yokota Air Base, Japan, before the last day of flights to drop bundles during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Dec. 10, 2021. OCD is the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian airlift operation, beginning in 1952. Today, airdrop operations include more than 55 islands throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)
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Santa 63 brings love from above

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kim Doyle, a loadmaster assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, poses for a portrait in front of a U.S. Air Force C-130J during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 10, 2021. OCD is the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian airlift operation, beginning in 1952. Today, airdrop operations include more than 55 islands throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)
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Santa 63 brings love from above

U.S. Air Force crew members prepare a U.S. Air Force C-130J assigned to Yokota Air Base, Japan, before flight to drop bundles during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Dec. 10, 2021. Over the course of 10 days, crews will airdrop donated food, clothing, educational materials, and tools to 55 islanders throughout the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)
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Santa 63 brings love from above

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kim Doyle, a loadmaster assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, secures an airdrop bundle on a U.S. Air Force C-130J during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 10, 2021. Over the course of 10 days, crews will airdrop donated food, clothing, educational materials, and tools to 55 islanders throughout the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)
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U.S. Air Force Captain Chris Gullo, 36th Airlift Squadron, deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan, conducts a post flight inspection on a C-130J Super Hercules after arriving at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 1, 2021. Operation Christmas Drop is an annual U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and delivering food, tools and clothing to more than 55 remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)
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211201-F-LP948-0007

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 734th Air Mobility Squadron, 44th Aerial Port Squadron and the 374th Airlift Wing unload humanitarian supplies from a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 1, 2021. Over the course of 10 days, crews will airdrop donated food, supplies, educational materials, and tools to 55 islanders throughout the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)
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211201-F-LP948-0006

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 734th Air Mobility Squadron, 44th Aerial Port Squadron and the 374th Airlift Wing unload humanitarian supplies from a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 1, 2021. Over the course of 10 days, crews will airdrop donated food, supplies, educational materials, and tools to 55 islanders throughout the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)
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211201-F-LP948-0005

A Republic of Korea Air Force C-130 Hercules arrives at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 1, 2021. The international effort will allow Pacific Air Forces Airmen from the 36th Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam; 15th Wing from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii; and the 374th Airlift Wing from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to work with partner nations to execute low-cost, low-altitude training air drops, a critical training event improving interoperability and communication for future real world humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)
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211201-F-LP948-0004

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan, arrives at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 1, 2021. The international effort will allow Pacific Air Forces Airmen from the 36th Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam; 15th Wing from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii; and the 374th Airlift Wing from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to work with partner nations to execute low-cost, low-altitude training air drops, a critical training event improving interoperability and communication for future real world humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)
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211201-F-LP948-0003

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan, arrives at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 1, 2021. OCD is the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian airlift operation. The tradition began during the Christmas season in 1952 when a B-29 Superfortress aircrew saw islanders waving at them from the island of Kapingamarangi, 3,500 miles southwest of Hawaii. In the spirit of Christmas, the aircrew dropped a bundle of supplies attached to a parachute to the islanders below, giving the operation its name. Today, airdrop operations include more than 55 islands throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)
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211201-F-LP948-0002

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan, arrives at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 1, 2021. OCD is an annual U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and delivering food, tools and clothing to more than 55 remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)
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374th AMXS ensures delivery during OCD

Senior Airman Stephen Yarbrough, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief from Yokota Air Base, Japan, communicates with the rest of his team aboard a C-130J Super Hercules via radio during the refueling process at Operation Christmas Drop 2020 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 9. OCD is a training mission designed to enable the U.S. Air Force and our international allies to maintain and develop combat readiness through sustainable aircraft generation and recovery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Divine Cox)
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374th AMXS ensures delivery during OCD

Senior Airman Stephen Yarbrough, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief from Yokota Air Base, Japan, communicates with the rest of his team aboard a C-130J Super Hercules via radio during the refueling process at Operation Christmas Drop 2020 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 9. OCD is a training mission designed to enable the U.S. Air Force and our international allies to maintain and develop combat readiness through sustainable aircraft generation and recovery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Divine Cox)
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374th AMXS ensures delivery during OCD

Senior Airman Stephen Yarbrough (left), 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, and Airman 1st Class Andre Anderson, 36th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuel distribution operator, attaches a fuel hose to C-130J Super Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop 2020 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 9. Prior to flying, all aircraft must undergo an inspection to ensure the C-130J is ready to fly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Divine Cox)
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374th AMXS ensures delivery during OCD

Senior Airman Stephen Yarbrough (left), 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, and Airman 1st Class Andre Anderson, 36th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuel distribution operator, attaches a fuel hose to C-130J Super Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop 2020 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 9. Prior to flying, all aircraft must undergo an inspection to ensure the C-130J is ready to fly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Divine Cox)
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