JAIs are key to OCD success

During Operation Christmas Drop 2017, 120 bundles are airdropped to 54 islands throughout Micronesia. Each bundle represents much needed supplies for islanders who have very little as well as a training opportunity for aircrews on the ability to drop low-cost, low-altitude bundles in a coastal

USO Yokota's Cookie Caravan

The smell of freshly baked gingerbread cookies in the air. The leftovers of a frosting can discarded to the side after being the glue keeping the gingerbread house together. Red Hots outlining the rooftop and candy canes lining the pathway to a home built by a happy family. All the while siblings

374 CES Promoting Interoperability

Koku Jietai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) and U.S. Air Force Airmen spent a day sharing practices, training and tools to strengthen interoperability and bilateral relations between the two forces. Koku Jietai engineers came to Yokota Air Base where they spent the first half of the day in briefings

U.S. Air Force C-130J Makes Christmas Drop Debut

The U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules has made its debut in Operation Christmas Drop 2017.Over the past year, Yokota Air Base has transitioned from the C-130H Hercules to the newer C-130J model. This is the first OCD that will utilize U.S. J-models, learning from the experience of the Royal

OCD unites Air Forces, strengthens operations

Imagine living on one of the most remote islands in the world where the primary means of transportation on, off and around your home is by boat; and every December you see bundles drop from aircraft providing you with essential supplies to help with your daily life. Those bundles come from U.S. Air

Maintainers help aircrews deliver bundles of joy

Four C-130J Super Hercules propellers create a humming sound as they power the aircraft, commonly referred to this time of year as “Santa’s sleigh”, down the runway to deliver bundles of goods to people living on some of the most remote islands in the world during the 66th Operation Christmas Drop

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Yokota COLA Decrease for 2018

BLUF:• Cost of Living Allowance rates at Yokota Air Base will decrease significantly in 2018. • Decreases in the average costs of recreation, furniture, household products, tobacco and alcohol account for this year’s COLA decrease.• COLA is determined by where members shop, how much those goods and

OCD volunteers pack bundles

Getting into the spirit of the holidays, with smiles on their faces and Santa hats on their heads, hundreds of volunteers gathered to fill nearly 140 supply bundles for the start of the 66th Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 9, 2017, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.As volunteers from all over the

Building bundles, checking them twice

Once a year islanders throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of Palau will see bundles parachute out the back of multiple planes to provide them with essential supplies that are necessary for their daily lives. The bundles include items