A Air Force Airman from the 36th Airlift Squadron out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, loads boxes of humanitarian assistants goods onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft prior to take-off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 14, 2010. This year, more than 60 boxes, weighing in at more than 20,000 pounds total, will be dropped to 55 islands. Operation Christmas Drop is the Air Force’s longest-running humanitarian campaign, which began in 1952. Airmen today continue the tradition, delivering supplies to remote islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Yap, Palau, Chuuk and Pohnpe

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A Air Force Airman from the 36th Airlift Squadron out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, loads boxes of humanitarian assistants goods onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft prior to take-off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 14, 2010. This year, more than 60 boxes, weighing in at more than 20,000 pounds total, will be dropped to 55 islands. Operation Christmas Drop is the Air Force’s longest-running humanitarian campaign, which began in 1952. Airmen today continue the tradition, delivering supplies to remote islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Yap, Palau, Chuuk and Pohnpei. Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson

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