Operation Christmas Drop
CHUUK, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands -- (Left to right) Airman 1st Class Jason Barbieri, Senior Airman Dustin DeVeaux, and Lt. Col. David Kincaid, all from the 36th Airlift Squadron, remove cargo straps from the first bundle of donated goods during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 16. Operation Christmas Drop, the longest running humanitarian airlift mission in the world, delivers supplies to remote islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands of Yap, Palau, Chuuk and Pohnpei. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Spinner)