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C-130s arrive at Andersen AFB for Operation Christmas Drop

36th Wing

Video by Master Sgt. Richard Ebensberger

Dec. 3, 2021 | 2:11

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan and partner nation aircraft arrive at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 1, 2021. OCD 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. he international effort will allow Pacific Air Forces Airmen from the 36th Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam; 515th Air Mobility Operations 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 Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger) More