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Santa Clause (CPT Mike D'Albertis, 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron) and SSGT Tony Thompson, loadmaster with the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, watch as a Christmas Drop container is parachuted toward its destination. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian airdrop effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

SSGT Tony Thompson, loadmaster with the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, watches as a Christmas Drop container floats toward its destination. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

STAFF SGT. James Huber, flight engineer with the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, records data from the cockpit of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a Christmas Drop mission. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

CAPT. Wayne Shatz, pilot with the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, flies a Christmas Drop mission in a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

CPT Wayne Shatz, pilot with 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, looks out over an island from the cockpit of his C-130 Hercules aircraft as he flies a Christmas Drop mission. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

CPT Michael Crupe pauses while packing a truck with donated items for Christmas Drop, a humanitarian airdrop effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season. Crupe, a member of the 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron, is chairman of the program

An airman dressed as Santa is assisted with his helmet as he prepares to push boxes rigged with parachutes out the back of a 374th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Flown by crews from the 345th and the 21st Airlift Squadrons, the C-130 is participating in Christmas Drop '92, the 40th anniversary of the humanitarian effort. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands

A container floats toward its island destination after being airdropped from a 374th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft during Christmas Drop container floats toward its destination. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

1LT Patrick Piche, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing pilot, surveys the area from the cockpit of his C-130 Hercules aircraft as he flies a Christmas Drop mission. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

Santa Clause (CAPT. Mike d'Albertis, 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron) and STAFF SGT. Tony Thompson, loadmaster with the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, watch as a Christmas Drop container is parachuted toward its destination. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

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Subject Operation/Series: CHRISTMAS DROP

Country: Micronesia

Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. James Ferguson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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14/12/1990
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santa clause santa clause mike albertis military airlift military airlift support squadron staff sgt tony thompson tony thompson loadmaster tactical st tactical airlift squadron christmas container destination airdrop effort aid islanders micronesia holiday season sergeant support squadron captain high resolution tactical airlift squadron christmas drop sgt holiday season james ferguson us national archives