Photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood | 374th Airlift Wing | 02.02.2025
U.S. Space Force, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Embassy leadership were given the opportunity to tour the Tanegashima Space Center prior to the launch of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payload in Tanegashima, Japan, Feb. 2, 2025. The QZSS is Japan’s domestically engineered and manufactured Position, Navigation and Timing space system, designed for users in Japan and currently augmenting......
Photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood | 374th Airlift Wing | 02.02.2025
U.S. Space Force, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Embassy leadership were given the opportunity to tour the Tanegashima Space Center prior to the launch of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payload in Tanegashima, Japan, Feb. 2, 2025. The mission of the QZSS-HP is to deploy two U.S. Department of Defense electro-optical payloads on Japanese satellites to enhance space surveillance capabilities......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Adasha Williams | 36th Wing | 12.13.2024
U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Republic of South Korea Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force aircraft taxi during Operation Christmas Drop 2024 at Andersen Air Force, Guam, Dec. 14, 2024. OCD 24 is designed to build and enhance necessary coordination, integration, and execution skills necessary to support future humanitarian assistance efforts in the......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Adasha Williams | 36th Wing | 12.13.2024
U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Republic of South Korea Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force await takeoff during Operation Christmas Drop 2024 at Andersen Air Force, Guam, Dec. 14, 2024. The success of OCD 24 is made possible through the collaborative efforts of multiple organizations, including the JASDF, RAAF, RCAF, ROKAF, and the USAF. (U.S. Air......
Photo by Capt. Emma Quirk | 374th Airlift Wing | 12.13.2024
Passengers aboard a C-130J Super Hercules with the call sign “Santa 63” receive a pre-flight passenger safety brief during Operation Christmas Drop 2024 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 13, 2024. The passengers included OCD volunteers and support personnel who committed time and effort to realize the 73rd iteration of the humanitarian mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Emma Quirk)...
Photo by Capt. Emma Quirk | 374th Airlift Wing | 12.13.2024
A member of the Philippine Air Force, left, talks with U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alexander Clarke, a loadmaster with the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan, aboard a C-130J Super Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop 2024 over the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 13, 2024. OCD 24 aims to build and enhance the necessary coordination, integration, and execution skills to support future......
Photo by Capt. Emma Quirk | 374th Airlift Wing | 12.13.2024
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Miranda, a loadmaster with the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan, waves to onlookers after a bundle delivery during Operation Christmas Drop 2024 above Ta, an Island in the Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 13, 2024. OCD is the Department of Defense's longest-running humanitarian airlift mission, beginning in 1952 when a U.S. Air Force B-29......
Photo by Capt. Emma Quirk | 374th Airlift Wing | 12.13.2024
Bundles drop from a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop 2024 above Ta, an Island in the Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 13, 2024. U.S. and partner nations distributed supplies to remote Pacific communities, demonstrating their commitment to regional humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Emma Quirk)...
