The Operation Christmas Drop team have been performing practice drops in preparation for the upcoming deliveries of supplies and gifts to more than 58 remote islands in the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob Toney, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance technician, wipes down an area of the aircraft where the Operation Christmas Drop 2024 emblem will be applied at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 3, 2024. OCD is an annual humanitarian mission that delivers supplies to remote Pacific islands, fostering goodwill and providing aid to isolated communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David S. Calcote)U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Donovan Lamore, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance technician, prepares an emblem for application at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 3, 2024. Operation Christmas Drop is an annual humanitarian mission that delivers supplies to remote Pacific islands, fostering goodwill and providing aid to isolated communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David S. Calcote)U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob Toney, left, and Staff Sgt. Donovan Lamore, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural technicians, reveal the Operation Christmas Drop emblem at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 3, 2024. OCD is an annual humanitarian mission that delivers supplies to remote Pacific islands, fostering goodwill and providing aid to isolated communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David S. Calcote)The Operation Christmas Drop 2024 logo is displayed on a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 3, 2024. OCD is an annual humanitarian mission that delivers supplies to remote Pacific islands, fostering goodwill and providing aid to isolated communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David S. Calcote)
