Operation Christmas Drop
The Operation Christmas Drop (dt .: Operation Christmas shedding) is a tradition of the United States Air Force and is the longest-running humanitarian operation of the Air Force. This tradition has existed since 1952, when the crew of a Boeing WB-50 saw people waving to them on their return from Guam via Micronesia . The crew responded by attaching parachutes to a package and dropping it.
today
Operation Christmas Drop is carried out every year in the run-up to Christmas. Several boxes of goods, in 2010 there were 60, such as food, medicines, fishing nets, but also toys, for example, are dropped. The crew is made up of members from Andersen Air Force Base and Yokota Air Base , Japan . Today a C-130 Hercules is used for the operation . The aviator's call sign is "Santa 23" every year.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Operation Christmas Drop. on: taylorempireairways.com , December 21, 2010.
- ^ Matthew Cortina: US Air Force Delivers Aid to Micronesia in 'Operation Christmas Drop'. on: christianpost.com , December 16, 2011.
- ↑ Yokota resident recalls memories of Operation Christmas Drop. on: stripes.com