36 AS prepare baggage for OCD25 sendoff

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kaylynn Staba, right, 36th Airlift Squadron evaluator loadmaster, checks Airmen in during a baggage drop while preparing for Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 2, 2025. OCD is the Department of War’s longest-running humanitarian airlift mission. It began in 1952 after a U.S. Air Force B-29 crew flying near Guam spotted islanders waving from below and dropped supplies as an act of goodwill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samantha White)

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36 AS prepare baggage for OCD25 sendoff

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kaylynn Staba, center, 36th Airlift Squadron evaluator loadmaster, stacks luggage on a pallet during a baggage drop in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 2, 2025. OCD is the Department of War’s longest-running humanitarian airlift mission. It began in 1952 after a U.S. Air Force B-29 crew flying near Guam spotted islanders waving from below and dropped supplies as an act of goodwill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samantha White)

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36 AS prepare baggage for OCD25 sendoff

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alex Clarke, 36th Airlift Squadron instructor loadmaster, stacks luggage during a baggage drop in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 2, 2025. OCD is the Department of War’s longest-running humanitarian airlift mission. It began in 1952 after a U.S. Air Force B-29 crew flying near Guam spotted islanders waving from below and dropped supplies as an act of goodwill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samantha White)

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36 AS prepare baggage for OCD25 sendoff

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron tighten straps on a pallet of luggage in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 2, 2025. OCD is the Department of War’s longest-running humanitarian airlift mission. It began in 1952 after a U.S. Air Force B-29 crew flying near Guam spotted islanders waving from below and dropped supplies as an act of goodwill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samantha White)

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36 AS prepare baggage for OCD25 sendoff

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kaylynn Staba, 36th Airlift Squadron evaluator loadmaster, straps down luggage during a baggage drop in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 2, 2025. OCD is the Department of War’s longest-running humanitarian airlift mission. It began in 1952 after a U.S. Air Force B-29 crew flying near Guam spotted islanders waving from below and dropped supplies as an act of goodwill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samantha White)

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36 AS prepare baggage for OCD25 sendoff

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron inspect pallets of luggage during a baggage drop in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 2, 2025. OCD is the Department of War’s longest-running humanitarian airlift mission. It began in 1952 after a U.S. Air Force B-29 crew flying near Guam spotted islanders waving from below and dropped supplies as an act of goodwill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samantha White)

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36 AS prepare baggage for OCD25 sendoff

Published Dec. 3, 2025
By Senior Airman Samantha White
374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan --

Members of the 36th Airlift Squadron received and packaged luggage onto pallets in support of Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 2, 2025.

OCD is the Department of War’s longest-running humanitarian airlift mission. It began in 1952 after a U.S. Air Force B-29 crew flying near Guam spotted islanders waving from below and dropped supplies as an act of goodwill.