U.S. Air Force Col. Bob Blagg, center, the commander of the 374th Operations Group, plans a mission at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during the 62nd annual Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 9, 2013. Christmas Drop started in 1952 as a training mission and has since become the longest-running Department of Defense mission in full operation as well as the longest-running humanitarian airlift in the world.