Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 44th Aerial Port Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam were "Santa's helpers in the Pacific" for two weeks in December during Operation Christmas Drop, which the world’s longest running airdrop mission. Airdrops were performed Dec. 9-15, and impacted about 20,000 people covering 1.8 million square nautical miles of operating area. The trilateral training event, which includes the U.S. Air Force, Japanese Air Self Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force, focused on low-cost, low-altitude airdrop tactics and procedures over unsurveyed drop zones, and provided nearly 25 tons of donated gifts and critical supplies to 56 Micronesian islands. (U.S. Air Force video by Jerry R. Bynum)
