Andersen AFB kicks off 69th Operation Christmas Drop with Push Ceremony
Brig. Gen. Jeremy T. Sloane, 36th Wing commander, center left, and 36th Airlift Squadron loadmasters, wave to the people of the Angaur, Republic of Palau, during the second day of bundle airdrops for Operation Christmas Drop 2020, Dec. 7. OCD is the world’s longest running airdrop training mission, allowing the U.S. and its allies to deliver food, tools and clothing to the people who live on remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific region. (Air Force photograph by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding) Advertisement For 69 years, the Operation Christmas Drop mission has demonstrated America’s...
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