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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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Andersen AFB to host 69th annual Operation Christmas Drop

Loadmasters with the 36th Airlift Squadron out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, watch as the four Low-Cost, Low-Altitude humanitarian assistance bundles they just airdropped parachute down to those in need during Operation Christmas Drop 2019, at Nomwin, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 13, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)
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Operation Christmas Drop 2017

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Quinn Van Drew, a pilot assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, flies a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft during an Operation Christmas Drop 2017 training flight near the island of Rota, Dec. 8, 2017. Over the course of 12 days, crews will airdrop donated food, supplies, educational materials, and tools to 56 islanders throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)
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Operation Christmas Drop 2017

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, prepares to takeoff for a pratice mission during Operation Christmas Drop 2017, Dec. 8, 2017, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Over the course of 12 days, crews will airdrop donated food, supplies, educational materials, and tools to 56 islanders throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)
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Operation Christmas Drop 2017

U.S. Air Force Capt. Cerre Dolby, a pilot assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, flies a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft during an Operation Christmas Drop 2017 training flight near the island of Rota, Dec. 8, 2017. Over the course of 12 days, crews will airdrop donated food, supplies, educational materials, and tools to 56 islanders throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)
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Operation Christmas Drop: Airmen spread holiday cheer throughout the Yap Islands

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)
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Operation Christmas Drop: Airmen spread holiday cheer throughout the Yap Islands

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)
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Operation Christmas Drop: Airmen spread holiday cheer throughout the Yap Islands

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)
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Operation Christmas Drop: Airmen spread holiday cheer throughout the Yap Islands

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)
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Operation Christmas Drop: Airmen spread holiday cheer throughout the Yap Islands

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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ROKAF cadets and officers visit Andersen, strength ties

A U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant from the 734th Air Mobility Squadron reviews documents with members of the Republic of Korea Air Force upon arrival to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Nov. 2, in a ROKAF C-130 aircraft. Cadets and officers from the ROKAF visited Andersen AFB to promote and strengthen the close ties between the allied nations. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson)
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ROKAF cadets and officers visit Andersen, strength ties

Republic of Korea Air Force aircraft maintainers perform routine maintenance on a ROKAF C-130 aircraft after arriving to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Nov. 2. The purpose of the visit was to promote and strengthen the close ties between the allied nations. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson)
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