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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      An Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 1, 2021 in support of the 70th annual Operation Christmas Drop. Due to the geographical area covered by OCD, there are logistical challenges to High Availability/Disaster Recovery support. OCD allows our Airmen to rise to the challenge and find innovative solutions, demonstrating their constant readiness and willingness to solve problems no matter the circumstance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)An Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 1, 2021 in support of the 70th annual Operation Christmas Drop. Due to the geographical area covered by OCD, there are logistical challenges to High Availability/Disaster Recovery support. OCD allows our Airmen to rise to the challenge and find innovative solutions, demonstrating their constant readiness and willingness to solve problems no matter the circumstance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
                
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        Graphic image of the 2021 Operation Christmas Drop patchOperation Christmas Drop is an annual U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and delivering supplies to more than 55 remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific. The weeklong international effort allows Pacific Air Forces Airmen to work with partner nations to build interoperability for future real world humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. (U.S. Air Force graphic)
                
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PACAF, partner nations deliver critical supplies during 70th annual Operation Christmas DropPublished Dec. 1, 2021
                    
                    
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            **JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AFNS) --**U.S. and partner-nation Airmen are set to participate in the Department of Defense’s longest running humanitarian assistance training mission out of **Andersen Air Force Base**, Guam, beginning Dec. 5.

**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.03:33
    
    

    
    
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            U.S. and partner nation Airmen are set to participate in the Department of Defense’s longest running humanitarian assistance training mission out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, beginning Dec.5, 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 video by Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)





**Pacific Air Forces** Airmen from the 36th Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam; 15th Wing from **Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam**; 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.
The aerial delivery enables aircrews to develop and maintain combat readiness through aircraft generation and recovery, while delivering donations provided by private donors, charitable organizations and the University of Guam, to over 22,000 residents across the remote islands in the region.
OCDAirman 1st Class Ryan Helie, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-130J crew chief, marshals a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 29, 2021. The initial Operation Christmas Drop’s crew members left Yokota AB to participate in the weeklong international effort allowing 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 Yasuo Osakabe)
            
            
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    OCDA C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron sits on the flight line at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 29, 2021 bound for Andersen Air Force Base, Guam to participate in the 70th annual Operation Christmas Drop, beginning Dec. 5. The weeklong international effort allows 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 Yasuo Osakabe)
            
            
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    OCDA C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 29, 2021. Bound for Andersen Air Force Base, Guam as a part of Operation Christmas Drop, crew members left Yokota AB to participate in the 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 Yasuo Osakabe)
            
            
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“This training mission is not only a tradition, but provides relevant and real training necessary for our Airmen and partner nations in the Indo-Pacific region,” said **Gen. Ken Wilsbach**, Pacific Air Forces commander. “I want to thank our partner nations, whether they participate in the air drop or serve as an international observer, because together we’re working to strengthening our readiness and resolve for when the next disaster strikes in the region.”
The OCD team is making every effort to lessen the risk to those we serve by ensuring all pilots and crew members arriving to Guam are fully vaccinated, requiring that all packed boxes be left untouched and open for hours before closing, and all participants handling donations will be wearing gloves and facemasks, as well as observing recommended hygiene habits such as hand washing/sanitizing and social distancing.AFWN 



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