241209-N-ML137-1062 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Dec. 9, 2024) From left; Royal Australian Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Carl Newman, deputy commander, Pacific Air Forces; U.S. Air Force Col. Jens Lyndrup, 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing commander; U.S. Air Force Col Richard McElhaney, 374th Airlift Wing commander from Yokota Air Base, Japan; and Bruce Best, “Brother Bruce”; push a box of donated gifts and supplies onto a C-130J Super Hercules during a Push Ceremony for the 73rd Operation Christmas Drop (OCD) in a hangar on Andersen Air Force Base, Dec. 9. OCD is the Department of Defense’s longest running humanitarian airlift mission and this year over $117,000 has been raised resulting in 110,000 pounds of donated gifts and supplies. C-130 aircrews from the U.S. 374th Airlift Wing’s 36th Airlift Squadron, the Japanese Air-Self-Defense Force, the Republic of Korea Air Force, and the Royal Canadian Air Force will fly a combined 42 sorties, dropping 220 boxes to 60 islands supporting 22,000 islanders in Micronesia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Samantha Jetzer)
| Date Taken: | 12.09.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 12.09.2024 16:49 |
| Photo ID: | 8788749 |
| VIRIN: | 241209-N-ML137-1062 |
| Resolution: | 7360x4912 |
| Size: | 1.62 MB |
| Location: | ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GU |
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