U.S Air Force in Operation Christmas Drop, the world’s longest humanitarian airlift operation
Initiated in 1952, Operation Christmas Drop “OCD” is a longstanding humanitarian U.S Air Force mission taking place every year in the Indo-Pacific region. The operation is conducted by the U.S Andersen Air Force base from Guam and the Yokota U.S Air Force base in Japan. With over 70 years of mission and backed by the Department of Defense, Operation Christmas Drop is the ongoing….. longest-running humanitarian airlift operation in the world.
Every year across the Indo Pacific region, the Christmas and New Year holiday season starts with the Operation Christmas Drop, as the inhabitants of over 58 islands eagerly await for the arrival of U.S. Air Force planes to deliver significant quantities of Christmas gifts and packages of essential supplies via parachute. The operation is also known “the Love From Above”
In recent years an increasing number of partner countries have participated in this mission.
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Acknowledgments: Sources: DoD, U.S Air Force,Yokota Air Base.Video ©Yokota Air Base. Image published in the X: A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, in Operation Christmas Drop 2019 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec.6, 2019. ©U.S Air Force by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson. Article by Catherine S. Schmidt, Editor in Chief.
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