Air Force Lt. Col. Lucas Crouch, Japan Air Self-Defense exchange officer and C-130H instructor pilot, writes a message on a bundle at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 6, 2022, 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 aid to remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific.

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