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Aircrew stand in formation during Operation Christmas Drop push ceremony at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 13. The crew is from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan. The ceremony officially marks the beginning of OCD 2010 with its first flight Dec. 13. This year Airmen will push 60 boxes to 60 islands. OCD is the Air Force?s longest-running humanitarian operation 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)


Operation Christmas Drop Push Ceremony

Aircrew stand in formation during Operation Christmas Drop push ceremony at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 13. The crew is from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan. The ceremony officially marks the beginning of OCD 2010 with its first flight Dec. 13. This year Airmen will push 60 boxes to 60 islands. OCD is the Air Force?s longest-running humanitarian operation 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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