From left, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kadeem Warren and Senior Airman Iosaia Lavata’i, 374th Air Expeditionary Wing loadmasters, wave to Pacific islanders at a remote island in the Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 10, 2025. Operation Christmas Drop is the Department of War’s longest-running humanitarian airlift mission. It began in 1952 after a U.S. Air Force B-29 crew flying near Guam spotted islanders waving from below and dropped supplies as an act of goodwill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Xavier Romero)
| Date Taken: | 12.10.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 12.22.2025 02:55 |
| Photo ID: | 9438302 |
| VIRIN: | 251210-F-SJ797-1217 |
| Resolution: | 3000x1996 |
| Size: | 1.47 MB |
| Location: | FM |
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