Air Force Airmen from the 36th Airlift Squadron out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, watch as a parachute deploys and a box of humanitarian goods travels to the Yap Islands below Dec. 14 during Operation Christmas Drop 2010. What started as a WB-50 aircrew returning to Guam on its final flight before Christmas in 1952 has turned into the longest-running humanitarian campaign in the history of the Air Force and the entire world. Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson

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