Col. Paul "Otto" Feather, 374th Airlift Wing commander at Yokota Air Base, Japan, addresses the audience during the Operation Christmas Drop Push Ceremony at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 13. Operation Christmas Drop is the Air Force's longest-running humanitarian mission, 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)