Airman 1st Class Nicholas Brown, 36th Airlift Squadron
Airman 1st Class Nicholas Brown, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster from Yokota Air Base, Japan, secures the lines for a package on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, before an Operation Christmas Drop mission Dec. 1... More
Distinguished visitors and members of the 36th Airlift
Distinguished visitors and members of the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, watch an airdrop bundle land on an isolated island in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 11, 2013, during an Operation Christmas Dro... More
Airmen from 36th Wing push the final package off the
Airmen from 36th Wing push the final package off the ramp of a C-130 Hercules Dec. 11, 2013, during an Operation Christmas Drop mission over the Pacific Ocean. Every December, C-130 Hercules aircrews from the 3... More
Members of a C-130 Hercules aircrew from Yokota Air
Members of a C-130 Hercules aircrew from Yokota Air Base, Japan, meet at the back of the aircraft to discuss flight plans before an Operation Christmas Drop flight Dec. 11, 2013, on Andersen Air Force Base, Gua... More
Packages make their way to the shore of Kayangel Island
Packages make their way to the shore of Kayangel Island during an Operation Christmas Drop mission over the Pacific Ocean Dec. 11, 2013. The island of Kayangel also experienced the devastating effects of Typhoo... More
Loadmasters from the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota
Loadmasters from the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan, and airmen from the 36th Wing prepare to push packages from the ramp of a C-130 Hercules during an Operation Christmas Drop mission over t... More
Loadmasters from the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota
Loadmasters from the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base Japan push a package off the ramp of a C-130 Hercules during an Operation Christmas Drop mission over the islands of Micronesia Dec. 11, 2013. Thi... More
Airman 1st Class Nicholas Brown, 36th Airlift Squadron
Airman 1st Class Nicholas Brown, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster from Yokota Air Base, Japan, makes his way to the back of a C-130 Hercules to shut the rapid doors on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, before an O... More
A C-130 Hercules from Yokota Air Base, Japan, flies
A C-130 Hercules from Yokota Air Base, Japan, flies over Kayangel Island during an Operation Christmas Drop mission over the Pacific Ocean Dec. 11, 2013. The island of Kayangel also experienced the devastating ... More
A loadmaster from the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota
A loadmaster from the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan, watches as a package makes its way to the shore Kayangel Island during an Operation Christmas Drop mission over the Pacific Ocean Dec. 11... More
An airman takes a photo while passing over a Micronesian
An airman takes a photo while passing over a Micronesian Island in a C-130 Hercules during an Operation Christmas Drop mission over the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 11, 2013. This year marks the 62nd year of Operation C... More
C-130 Hercules aircrew members of the 36th Airlift
C-130 Hercules aircrew members of the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yakota Air Base, Japan, prepare for takeoff on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, before an Operation Christmas Drop mission Dec. 11, 2013. Every Dec... More
Maj. John Chrampanis, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules
Maj. John Chrampanis, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules aircraft commander, discuses flight plans with Capt. Michael Kelly, a 36th AS C-130 pilot, during an Operation Christmas Drop mission over the Pacific ... More
Airmen watch as the package lands successfully close
Airmen watch as the package lands successfully close to the shores of a Micronesian Island during an Operation Christmas Drop mission over the Pacific Ocean Dec. 11, 2013. Every December, C-130 Hercules aircrew... More
Airman 1st Class Nicholas Brown, 36th Airlift Squadron
Airman 1st Class Nicholas Brown, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster from Yokota Air Base, Japan, secures the lines for a package on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, before an Operation Christmas Drop mission Dec. 1... More
Chief Master Sgt. Reynold Albright, 36th Airlift Squadron
Chief Master Sgt. Reynold Albright, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster and chief enlisted manager from Yokota Air Base, Japan, holds on to packages during an Operation Christmas Drop mission over the Pacific Ocea... More
Capt. Michael Kelly, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules
Capt. Michael Kelly, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules pilot from Yokota Air Base, Japan, looks out the window from the flight deck of the aircraft while flying over the Pacific Ocean during an Operation Chr... More
Distinguished visitors and airmen from the 36th Airlift
Distinguished visitors and airmen from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, wait to drop the next set of bundles Dec. 11, 2013, during an Operation Christmas Drop mission over the Pacific Ocean. E... More
Maj. John Chrampanis, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules
Maj. John Chrampanis, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules aircraft commander from Yokota Air Base, Japan, explains the course of the flight to his crew on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, before an Operation Chr... More
Loadmasters from the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota
Loadmasters from the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan, and airmen from the 36th Wing sit on the ramp of a C-130 Hercules during an Operation Christmas Drop mission over the Pacific Ocean Dec. 1... More
Operation Christmas Drop
Distinguished visitors and members of the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, wave out the back of a C-130 Hercules to the people of the Western Pacific and Micronesia islands participating in Operat... More
An airman secures a package to a C-130 Hercules on
An airman secures a package to a C-130 Hercules on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, before an Operation Christmas Drop flight Dec. 11, 2013. Every December, C-130 Hercules aircrews from the 374th Airlift Wing at ... More