Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Smith | 374th Airlift Wing | 11.16.2018
Technical Sgt. Napoleon Ortiz, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, discusses low-cost, low-altitude bundle dropping procedures in preparation of Operation Christmas Drop at Yokota Air Base, Japan Nov, 16, 2018. This year will mark 67 years of OCD which provides joint airlift training opportunities for both peace and wartime efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Smith)...
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Smith | 374th Airlift Wing | 11.16.2018
Members of the 36th Airlift Squadron gather inside a C-130J Super Hercules to review low-cost, low-altitude bundle rigging procedures in preparation of Operation Christmas Drop at Yokota Air Base, Japan Nov, 16, 2018.The success of OCD means an expansion of existing capabilities to provide tactical airlift in accordance with national strategic objectives and in collaboration with our partners.......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Smith | 374th Airlift Wing | 11.16.2018
Staff Sgt. Christopher Hofer, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, demonstrates rigging a ow-cost, low-altitude bundle in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop at Yokota Air Base, Japan Nov, 16, 2018. OCD is a training mission which helps the 374th Airlift Wing along with partners, the Koku Jieitai and Royal Australian Air Force, to maintain and develop combat readiness through sustainable......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Smith | 374th Airlift Wing | 11.16.2018
36th Airlift Squadron loadmasters discuss low-cost, low-altitude bundle rigging procedures in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop at Yokota Air Base, Japan Nov, 16, 2018. OCD is the longest running Department of Defense humanitarian airlift training operation and will provide nearly 25 tons of critical supplies to 56 Micronesian Islands this year impacting about 20,000 people. (U.S. Air......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Allen Amani | U.S. Navy | 12.11.2016
161211-N-YM720-049 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (Dec. 12, 2016) – Loadmasters attached to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, look out at one of the Micronesian islands during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 11. Operation Christmas Drop is an international humanitarian operation that provides critical supplies to 56 islands through the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas,......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Allen Amani | U.S. Navy | 12.11.2016
161211-N-YM720-059 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (Dec. 12, 2016) – Loadmasters attached to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, drop care packages out of a C-130H Hercules to a Micronesian island during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 11. Operation Christmas Drop is an international humanitarian operation that provides critical supplies to 56 islands through the Commonwealth......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Allen Amani | U.S. Navy | 12.11.2016
161211-N-YM720-116 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (Dec. 12, 2016) – Air Force Capt. Jody Robertson and First Lt. Chad Moore, attached to 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, fly a C-130H Hercules over Ifalik, a small Micronesian island, during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 11. Operation Christmas Drop is an international humanitarian operation that provides critical supplies to......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Allen Amani | U.S. Navy | 12.11.2016
161211-N-YM720-164 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (Dec. 12, 2016) – Air Force Capt. Jody Robertson and First Lt. Chad Moore, attached to 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, fly a C-130H Hercules over Ifalik, a small Micronesian island, during Operation Christmas Drop Dec.11. Operation Christmas Drop is an international humanitarian operation that provides critical supplies to 56......
