Awaiting the green light

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Staff Sgt. Blake Landry, 374th Airlift Wing loadmaster, prepares for the first push of the Operation Christmas Drop Season, Dec. 12. OCD will deliver care packages to more than 50 islands within Micronesian States during the next two weeks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Carlin Leslie)

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Dont Look Down!

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - The view out the back of a C-130 Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 12. The island of Fais is located within the Yap state of the Micronesian Islands and is one of the more than 50 islands that will receive care packages this holiday season as part of OCD. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Carlin Leslie)

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Drop Zone

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam- Aircrew members of the 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan, push a pallet out of a C-130 Hercules over the island of Fais, Dec. 12. Operation Christmas Drop is an annual event when they airlift pallets for 57 islands of Micronesia. The pallets contain school supplies, toys, medical supplies and common day items. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Carlin Leslie)

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Island in View

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Staff Sgt. Blake Landry, 374th Airlift Wing loadmaster, gazes out of the door of a C-130 aircraft checking to make sure the pallet that was just pushed reached the island safely, Dec. 12. OCD will deliver care packages to more than 50 islands within Micronesian States during the next two weeks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Carlin Leslie)

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Look out below

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - An aircrew member of the 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota, Air Base Japan, looks out the cargo hold door to spot the pallet that was just pushed over Ngulu Island, Dec. 12. The pallet was a box full of goodies for the islanders containing school supplies, toys, medical supplies and common day items. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Carlin Leslie)

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Outline

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - The C-130 is silhouetted on the ocean while it completes a fly-by ensuring safe arrival of the Operation Christmas Drop care package to Ngulu Island of the Micronesian Islands, Dec. 12. The pallet was a box full of goodies for the islanders containing school supplies, toys, medical supplies and common day items. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Carlin Leslie)

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Packed and ready

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Two pallets are strapped in to the C-130 and will be air dropped over Fais and Ngulu , two islands in the Micronesian Islands, Dec. 12. OCD will deliver care packages to more than 50 islands within Micronesian States during the next two weeks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Carlin Leslie)

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Perfect landing

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - A C-130 completes a fly-by ensuring safe arrival of the Operation Christmas Drop care package to Ngulu Island of the Micronesian Islands, Dec. 12. The pallet was a box full of goodies for the islanders containing school supplies, toys, medical supplies and common day items. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Carlin Leslie)

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Secluded islands

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam- The Island of Ngulu is part of the Yap state of the Micronesian Islands and received goods from Operation Christmas Drop 2011. OCD will deliver care packages to more than 50 islands within Micronesian States during the next two weeks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Carlin Leslie)

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Yokota Airmen deliver cheer from above

Published Dec. 14, 2011

Awaiting the green light

Dont Look Down!

Drop Zone

Island in View

Look out below

Outline

Packed and ready

Perfect landing

Secluded islands