Video by Yasuo Osakabe | 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs | 12.15.2023
Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) 2nd Lt. Mizuki Sakurai, 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130H co-pilot, participates in a cultural exchange with the U.S. Air Force by eating a U.S. military Meal Ready-to-Eat (MRE) at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 9, 2023, during Operation Christmas Drop 2023. (U.S. Air Force video by Yasuo Osakabe)...
Video by Senior Airman Brooklyn Golightly | 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs | 12.12.2023
During Operation Christmas Drop 2023 military members from the U.S. Air Forces Royal Australia Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and Republic of Korea Air Force say "Happy Holidays" in English and respective native languages....
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Victoria Schiebel | Media Center - Japan | 12.11.2023
Maj David Field, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Chief Pilot, explains the process of Operation Christmas Drop. Operation Christmas drop is an annual collaboration delivering valuable humanitarian assistance to more than 20 thousand islanders across 56 remote islands throughout the Pacific. This is the 72nd year of Operation Christmas Christmas Drop....
Video by Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler | 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs | 12.11.2023
The remote paradise of Angaur inhabits around a hundred people and a singular airstrip. In the embrace of this small community, Operation Christmas Drop finds a people most in-need of humanitarian aid. In its 72nd year, OCD is the world’s longest-running humanitarian assistance airdrop training mission, providing critical supplies to 58 remote islands like Angaur, impacting 42 thousand......
Video by Senior Airman Manuel Zamora | 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs | 12.09.2023
B-Roll of three U.S. Air Force (USAF) C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 36th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron participate in an elephant walk alongside a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 436th Transport Squadron, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) C-130H Hercules assigned to the 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron, and a Republic of Korea Air......
Video by Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler | 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs | 12.08.2023
B-Roll of the Angaur an island that lies within the Republic of Palau. Angaur inhabits around a hundred people and a singular airstrip. In the embrace of this small community, Operation Christmas Drop finds a people most in-need of humanitarian aid. In its 72nd year, OCD is the world’s longest-running humanitarian assistance airdrop training mission, providing critical supplies to 58 remote......
Video by Yasuo Osakabe | 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs | 12.08.2023
Near the end of Operation Christmas Drop 2023 (OCD 23), airmen participating in the event paused to honor the memory of a fallen member during a memorial ceremony on Dec. 8, 2023. Senior Airman Jeremy Jutba-Hake, a member of the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, passed away due to heart complications after landing at Andersen AFB during Operation Christmas Drop in......
Video by Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler | 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs | 12.07.2023
Residents of Angaur received airdropped humanitarian aid during Operation Christmas Drop 2023 (OCD 23) in Angaur, Republic of Palau, Dec. 7, 2023. Angaur received four supply bundles, one of which was decorated and signed by volunteers to honor the 353rd Special Operations Wing and 363rd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing Airmen who tragically lost their lives in service to......