(Right to left) Japan Air Self-Defense Force Staff Sgt. Ikkei Ono, and Chief Master Sgt. Tatsuhiro Kurimoto, both the 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130H loadmasters, wave to villagers on the island of Ruo, the state of Chuuk, Micronesia, Dec. 6, 2022, before delivering three humanitarian assistance bundles during Operation Christmas Drop 2022. OCD is the longest-running Department of Defense humanitarian and disaster relief mission. Each year, the USAF partners with countries in the Pacific Air Forces area of responsibility to deliver supplies to remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific
(Right to left) Japan Air Self-Defense Force Staff Sgt. Ikkei Ono, and Chief Master Sgt. Tatsuhiro Kurimoto, both the 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130H loadmasters, wave to villagers on the island of Ruo, the state of Chuuk, Micronesia, Dec. 6, 2022, before delivering three humanitarian assistance bundles during Operation Christmas Drop 2022. OCD is the longest-running Department of Defense humanitarian and disaster relief mission. Each year, the USAF partners with countries in the Pacific Air Forces area of responsibility to deliver supplies to remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific.
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