Photo by Staff Sgt. Pedro Tenorio | 36th Wing | 12.03.2022
A volunteer laughs during the Operation Christmas Drop 2022 Bundle Build at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 3, 2022. Many volunteers built bundle boxes with their loved ones. This U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and delivering goods to remote Pacific Islands will continue annually until there are no Airmen or volunteers to take up the mantle. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Pedro......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Pedro Tenorio | 36th Wing | 12.03.2022
A volunteer decorates a bundle box during the Operation Christmas Drop 2022 Bundle Build at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 3, 2022. OCD’s mission is to deliver aid, gifts and goods to over 50 islands across the Pacific Ocean. This tradition of giving has been going on since 1952 and includes over five partner nations working together to execute this humanitarian mission. (U.S. Air Force......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Pedro Tenorio | 36th Wing | 12.03.2022
Operation Christmas Drop 2022 committee members pose for a photo at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 3, 2022. The first Christmas Drop happened in 1952. During a weather mission, the aircrew of a WB-29 Superfortress assigned to the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew over the atoll of Kapingamarangi and saw the islanders waving at them. They quickly gathered some items they had,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Pedro Tenorio | 36th Wing | 12.03.2022
Royal New Zealand Air Force members pose for a photo during the Operation Christmas Drop 2022 Bundle Build at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 3, 2022. OCD’s mission is to deliver aid, gifts and goods to over 50 islands across the Pacific Ocean. This tradition of giving has been going on since 1952 and includes over five partner nations working together to execute this humanitarian......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Pedro Tenorio | 36th Wing | 12.03.2022
A Royal New Zealand Air Force member poses for a photo during the Operation Christmas Drop 2022 Bundle Build at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 3, 2022. The RNZAF was the third nation to join the United States Air Force in executing the annual OCD mission. The three other partner nations in this multinational humanitarian mission are, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Japan Air......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Pedro Tenorio | 36th Wing | 12.03.2022
A volunteer decorates a bundle box at the Operation Christmas Drop 2022 Bundle Build at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 3, 2022. OCD is an annual U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and delivering food, tools and clothing to more than 55 remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific, to include the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Pedro Tenorio | 36th Wing | 12.03.2022
Operation Christmas Drop 2022 Bundle Build attendees pose for a photo at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 3, 2022. The first Christmas Drop happened in 1952. During a weather mission, the aircrew of a WB-29 Superfortress assigned to the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew over the atoll of Kapingamarangi and saw the islanders waving at them. They quickly gathered some items they had,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Pedro Tenorio | 36th Wing | 12.03.2022
A volunteer decorates a bundle box during the Operation Christmas Drop 2022 Bundle Build at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 3, 2022. OCD’s mission is to deliver aid, gifts and goods to over 50 islands across the Pacific Ocean. This tradition of giving has been going on since 1952 and includes over five partner nations working together to execute this humanitarian mission. (U.S. Air Force......
