OPERATION CHRISTMAS DROP 2025 led by U.S Air Force
Operation Christmas Drop, the longest running humanitarian relief operation in the world since 1952, initiate by DoD and led by Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the 374th Airlift Wing from Yokota Air Base, U.S Air Force in Japan. This year the operation is conducted along with the Yokota Air Base, the Andersen AFB and the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
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U.S AIR FORCE IN OPERATION CHRISTMAS DROP, THE WORLD’S LONGEST HUMANITARIAN AIRLIFT OPERATION
Acknowledgments: Source © U.S Forces in Japan, Yokota U.S Air Base, November 2025. Video © U.S Air Base Yokota. Article by Catherine S. Schmidt, Editor in Chief.