Air Force Airmen from the 36th Airlift Squadron out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, look out on the Islands of Yap prior to pushing a box of humanitarian assistance goods out of a Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft, call sign “Santa 23,” Dec. 14 to its drop-zone during Operation Christmas Drop 2010. 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 Anderso

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Air Force Airmen from the 36th Airlift Squadron out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, look out on the Islands of Yap prior to pushing a box of humanitarian assistance goods out of a Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft, call sign “Santa 23,” Dec. 14 to its drop-zone during Operation Christmas Drop 2010. 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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